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Cambridge Checkpoint Exam

Thur 27 May 2021 Checkpoint Reading Exam group A

Fri 28 May 2021 Checkpoint Reading Exam group B

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Thur 10 June Checkpoint Writing Exam group A

Fri 11 June Checkpoint Writing Exam  group B

Fri 21 May Practice Reading Checkpoint

Fri 4 June Practice Writing Checkpoint

1881, Pennsylvania. Fifteen-year-old Tad is mistreated and exploited by everyone, including the creepy Hannibal Jackson, a man with a nose for money. When Mr Kennan’s show brings Khush the elephant to town, Tad bunks off to see him. Then a twist of fate finds him on the run with Khush and young Cissie Kennan – hotly pursued by the avaricious Jackson, who will stop at nothing to get Khush.

Let's read

Page 167-171 Oxford International Approach

We'll read the introduction together.

Then read the extract from the story individually

Reading practice for checkpoint

When answering the questions:

1) When you literally write down the answer from the book always use "quotation mark", as you are quoting from someone elses text.

2) Always paraphrase your answer correctly, when the infromation is from the text.

3) Some answers aren't literally found in the text, this is where your understanding of the story is important. Describe the feeling, mood, or character of someone, something or somewhere with the correct words.

1) Why did Tad change his mind about hiding behind the wagon?

Why was the showman in a hurry when he put the elephant in the wagon?

3) What could Tad see as he peered thrugh a gap in the hay bales?

4) Why did Tad not call for help when he found himself locked in with the elephant?

5) Why did Tad find the rumbling which came from the elephant 'soothing'?

6) Describe how the elephant reacted to Tad's presence. ( try to think of at least two adjectives)

Why did no one hear Tad yelling and knocking?

Looking Closely 

Page 171 Let's look at the answers 

Which verbs in paragraph 1 describe Tad's movements? What sort of movements are they?
use synonyms

What does the adverb 'spitefully' tell you about the sort of person Esther was?

which words and phrases give you an idea of the elephant's size? ( para 4)

Which words tell you what Tad could hear? What did the sounds tell him? ( line 26-27)

5) what does the verb 'snaked round' tell you about the way the elephant's trunk approached Tad? ( line 43)

6) What do the words 'gentler than any human hand Tad could remember' tell you about Tad's life. and about the touch of the elephant's trunk? ( line 47)

What was the elephant trying to do when he "shuffed and stamped and trumpeted"?( line 68)

8) What do the words "being watched and picked on and pointed at" tell you about Tad's life? ( line 73)

Write the next chapter Page 171 

 Discuss

1. What do you think will happen?

2. How would you feel/

3. Will he ever get back  again, or will he take this opportunity to start a new life?