Title Skill focus:

Coraline Words in contextRetrieval

Key words/terminology:

Cautiously, peering, waddled, shingles, frenzied, shortsightedly, triumphantly, thimble.

Word of the day: PEERING

Let’s have a look at this picture…

Think to yourselves or discuss with someone at home.

Explain what the word ‘sinister’ means.

What feelings has the illustrator evoked?

How do you think the illustrator drew this?

What do you think this illustration was used for?

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Monday 25th January 2021

Looking at words in context. How can I make sense of a word in a sentence?

Synonyms and antonyms: Looking at words in context. How can I make sense of a word in a sentence?

Coraline

1. Find and copy a phrase that tells you the weather was wet and cold.2. What does the phrase “My eyes are as good as they ever were. . . .”

mean?3. Find and copy a word that means ‘hustled’.4. What verb suggests Miss Spink was clumsy when walking?5. Find and copy a word that means ‘victoriously’.6. We know Coraline is a fascinated and curious girl. What does she label

herself?7. Choose 3 adjectives to describe Miss Spink. 8. Find and copy a phrase that suggests Coraline is ‘wary’ of her

housemates. 9. Choose 3 adjectives to describe the old man. 10. Find and copy a phrase that implies Coraline is afraid of what Miss

Spink and Miss Forcible told her. 11. Choose 3 adjectives to describe dad.

Coraline

Key word: Definition:

Cautiously in a way that deliberately avoids potential problems or dangers.

Peering look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something.

Waddled walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion.

Shingles a painful acute inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body. It is caused by the same virus as chickenpox.

Frenzied wildly excited or uncontrolled.

Shortsightedly unable to see things clearly unless they are relatively close to the eyes.

Triumphantly in a way that shows great happiness or joy at a victory or achievement.

thimble a small metal or plastic cap with a closed end, worn to protect the finger and push the needle in sewing.