Reading Secrets of a Sun King: Interactive Review

Silver Birch are reading Secrets of a Sun King Author ____________________ __________ Illustrator ____________________ __________ First published ___________________________ Part one Name:__________________ Date started: ______________

Blurb Following listening to the blurb, I predict: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ TOPIC TOPIC Embark Egyptologist Archaeologist Pharaoh

1 p1-6 1. Which sense do people use for: i. Thunderstorms_______ ______ ii. Tidal Waves ________________ 2. In the sentence as we polished off the last of the bread and dripping What does polished off infer? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ 3. Which sections of the Newspaper did Mum read first? ________________________ _________________________ 4. What was the synonym for strange? ____________________ 5. What is Dads job? _____________________________ 6. What do you think a privy was?_______________________ 7. Where were the feet found? __________________________ 8. Grandad called Mr Carter ____________________________ ___________________________________________________ 9. Nefertiti the cat was named after Nefertiti the ___________ dreading grim baffled

1 p6-10 1. What was the synonym for thought? __________________ 2. What time of year is it? ______________________________ 3. What was the synonym for superb?_____________________ 4. What is a will? ______________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 5. Glasses can also be called: ____________________________ 6. Fill in the blanks: The _________ doesn t reveal the ___________ it contains. 7. Nefertiti makes a noise whilst talking. What is it? __________________________ 8. Where was the parcel left? Tick the correct answer Behind the bin Behind the bush Behind the milk bottles Behind the shed inclined coaxed

2 p11-14 1. What was the synonym for holding? ________________________ 2. What is the purpose of the comma in the following: I. Being back amongst the street lights, traffic, people going about their evening business, I hoped everything would seem a bit less weird: it didn t. _________________________ II. My brain, never good at staying quiet, leapt from one thing to the other as I walked. _______________________________ 3. Why was dad arguing with the stove? __________________________________________________________ 4. How many inches tall was the box?___________________________ 5. What was the synonym for interesting?________________________ 6. Circle which Egyptian god was on the top of the jar Isis Khnum Nun Anubis 7. The squiggly lines are actually named _________________________ 8. Why do you think Lil s heart thumped uncomfortably? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ relics dwell

2 p14-18 1. Which beverage does Lil give mum to make her feel better? Tick coffee tea warm milk cool water 2. They live in North London. What is strange about the sentence. How will he ever pay for the hospital? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 3. What was the synonym for worrying? ________________________ 4. Where did Lilly hide the parcel? ______________________________ 5. Fill in the missing words. The chair _______________ with clothes, a ____________ rug on the bare floor, ____________ curtains at the window that always let in a draught. 6. Circle the correct answer. The postcard above Lil s bed was of: Luxor Temple Great pyramid of Giza Rosetta stone 7. Where had archaeologists been digging? __________________________________________________________ 8. I didn t know you could get that again once you d had it What does this infer? ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Topic Topic consumption Hieroglyphics Thutmose infectious Tutankhamun Rameses II devoured

3 p19-22 1. Name the hospital Grandad is in __________________________ 2. Circle the correct answer. What time is I when Lil tries to get into the hospital? 2pm 10am 12pm 8am 3. What was the synonym for saw? ___________________________ 4. Name two two of Lil s old friends. ______________________________ ______________________________ 5. What did the Newspaper boy say which caught the attention of Lil? ________________________________ 6. With time to kill, I decided to do some digging of my own. Which skills has Emma Carroll used as a writer here? __________________________________________________________ infuriating satchel courageous

3 p22-29 1. What do shabtis do?______________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 2. What was the synonym for looked?__________________________ 3. What are the students like at St. Kilda's? _______________________ __________________________________________________________ 4. Isis is the goddess of _______________________________ 5. Which item number did Lil look at? ___________________ i. Which date was it believed to date back to? ___________________ ii. When was it found? ______________________ 6. How did Lil know it was a nobleman's coffin and not a pharaohs? _________________________________________________________ 7. Tick the correct answers Which clothes was Tulips Mama wearing? Orange dress, purple stockings and red lipstick. Purple dress, red stockings and orange lipstick. Red dress, orange stockings and purple lipstick. 8. What do you think has happened to the satchel? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Topic Topic abruptly shabtis envy ankh

4 p30-37 1. What did Lil smell of?______________________ 2. Instead of Grandad laughing, what happened? ____________________________________ 3. The terrible business is actually what? _______________________ 4. Where did the jar need to go? ___________________________ 5. What was the synonym for indicating? ________________________ 6. Tick the correct answers The nurse believes Grandad needs A drink of water and a rest. Peace and quiet. To go back home. 8. Who was the procession burial for? ________________________________________________________ propelled fidgeting

5 p38-42 1. What was the synonym for tired?__________________________ 2. Why was Lil s mum proud of her? Tick the correct answer She did well on her spelling test She s like Grandad She ate all of her dinner 3. After Supper, mum and dad sat next to ______________________ 4. What was on Grandad s doorstep? ___________________________ __________________________________________________________ 5. Lil found what on Grandad s desk? ___________________________ __________________________________________________________ 6. Covered in stale breadcrumbs What does this insinuate happened?________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ wary _ eerie Topic Topic exhausting reincarnation intrigued

5 p42-45 1. Where had the jar been stored?__________________________ 2. What was the synonym for caught / got?______________________ 3. Grandad and Mr Hanawati bought the jar from a stall but from whom did it belong to originally? ____________________________ 4. Following reading the letter, Mr Hanawati has had what? Circle Fevers pins & needles headaches sore eyes toothache nightmares retrieved Topic Topic dislodge Canopic jar decipher Papyrus scroll eloquently

5 p45 - 52 1. Why do you think Emma Carroll has used many questions sentence types in this paragraph?____________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. What was the synonym for throwing?______________________ 3. Who was Maya? ____________________________ 4. Who was Kyky? _____________________________ 5. How old are Maya and Kyky? __________________________ 6. 6. Complete Complete the sentence below A Person s dreams tell you their ____________ and _______________, the road they will follow into the ____________________________. 7. He has the eyes of a hungry wolf watching a weakening lamb Underline Underline the word that shows is it a metaphor not a simile 8. Why does she ask Are you sick ? ____________________________ _________________________________________________________ 9. Queen Ankhesenamun is who? ______________________________ idle Topic Topic brisk (wind) Tutankhamun Amun