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**PHOENIX READING WORK WEEK 10**

**School Journal 2000 Part Three Number One**

**CHIRPY**

**Here is a passage from the story. Unfortunately two words were spelt wrongly and eight punctuation errors were made when it was being copied out. Correct each error. The punctuation marks you need to use are listed below the passage.**

“What the ... ? ” demanded a voice from behind him. Cam turned round, and the torch beam shone into his face blinding him. T he kitchen light flashed on. “ Cam!” said D ad. “ I came down here and saw the torch, and I ... His voice faltered.

**... “ “ “,. and two capital letters**

**Below are some statements to do with the article. For each one either agree or disagree with it. Then write a sentence to explain your choice.**

Insects are pests that should be killed when they come inside **//Yes because they annoyed you.//** You should not interfere when a cat catches some small creature **//Yes you should interfere because they will eat the small creature.//**

Cam’s father is sneaky **//yes he is sneaky because he heard something in the kitchen.//** Cam is a disobedient boy

Writers use adverbs to tell us how things are said. e.g. “No!” said Dad sharply. “You said you were going to wait till morning to do that,” he said accusingly. <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Here are 5 more things said in the story. For each one add an adverb to say how it was probably said. Use a different adverb each time.
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">“**//No//** don’t kill it, Dad?” asked Cam
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">“I’m **//way//** too tired to argue,” said Dad
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">“**//Cam//** I thought I told you not to shift that dishwasher,” said Dad _
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">“**//That//** one’s dead meat,” said Cam _
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">“**//You//** Noisy devil,” said Dad

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Complete the sentence below:**

I think the best word to describe Cam is ___**//wonderful//**__ __because__ __**//he didn’t kill the cricket.//**__ __

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Many words appeal to one or more of our senses. For example, if we say something** **//sparkled//** **in the sun we are appealing to the sense of** **sight.** **Words like** **//click//** **and** **//crack//** **appeal to our sense of** **sound, while** **//sweet//** **and** **//sour//** **are** **taste** **words. Below is a list of words from this article which appeal to one or more of our senses. List each one in the chart under any sense that is appeals to.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**meowing spiky hopped jumped scrunch scuttled chirp wriggle sighed cool rustle shining shrill muttered**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">hopped <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">jumped <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">wriggle || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Herculanum; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">spiky <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Herculanum; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">cool ||  ||   || <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">meowing <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">rustle <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">muttered <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">chirp <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">sighed <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">srunch <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">scuttled <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">shrill ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**sight** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**touch** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**taste** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**smell** || <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**sound** ||
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">shining