Reading – Friday 24th September
The slides below contain the latest excerpts from Mill Girl, including vocabulary, text and questions.
Read each section and have a go at answering the retrieval questions.
Good luck.
The slides below contain the latest excerpts from Mill Girl, including vocabulary, text and questions.
Read each section and have a go at answering the retrieval questions.
Good luck.
READING
Scholar is a person who is good at learning
Slovenly is someone who is careless
Flinch is a quick nervous movement
1. Eliza was sitting on a bench
2. The teacher spoke to Eliza because she was a bit slovenly
3. Eliza hasn’t got her pennies
4. Eliza promised to bring her pennies in the morning
Scarcely is hardly ever
1. Emmy didn’t care she was leaving school
2. They we’re leaving school because there was no money to spare
3. Their mother told them they were leaving school
4. Eliza didn’t look at her parents because she didn’t want them to see how much she minded
Eager is strongly wanting to do or have something
Awhile means for a short time
Blackened means something black or dark
1. Emmy pulled Eliza’s hand because she tried to Hurry her
2. Emmy was eager to go to school to tell her friends
3. Eliza looked at the brick wall that was blackened
4. Eliza sat at the front bench
5. Eliza left the broken chalk on the floor