Year 2 English Tuesday 19th 2020

The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine

Lesson 2 - Word meanings

You need to:1) Listen to chapter 5 (Friday) Chapter 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0a_lULSuos

2) Then explain the meaning of the words in the table. There are extracts from the text to help you.

3) Optional challenge – can you find alternative words that could be used in the sentences? Give another word which means the same as the author’s choices.

4) Listen to chapter 6 (Still Friday)Chapter 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV0g8Y-dj38

What Does Vocabulary Victor Do?

Draws on knowledge of vocabulary to understand texts.

This means that he is there to help you to think about the

words the author uses.

He might help you to work out what words mean, ask you to find words the author has used or give another word which means the same as one of the author’s choices.

Top Tips:• Think about what the author is describing. • Check the words make sense if you put them in the author’s

sentences.

See if you can explain what these words mean (the first one is

done for you!): When he came down again he was dressed in black. “You look like a cat burglar, “said Ellie’s mother .

“I wish someone would burgle our cat,” he muttered. I just ignored him. I thought that was best.

They all saw Ellie’s father creeping across the lawn, with a plastic bag full of Thumper (wrapped nicely in towel to keep him clean).

They all saw him forcing his way through the hole in the hedge, and crawl across next-door’s lawn on his tummy.

“He’s made it so big that Thompson’s rottweilercould get through it now.”

“It took him forever to find that hutch in the dark.”

“Keep it down, guys. They’ll hear, and I’m not supposed to be out tonight. I’m grounded.”

Why do you think burglars are described as being like cats?