Section 1: The Giant Panda Bear

According to the text, approximately how many giant pandas currently live in the wild?

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According to some scientists, how does giant pandas’ fur help them to survive in the wild?

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Look at page 4.

Pandas can grow up to 1.5 metres and weigh up to 150 kilograms.

What else in the text tells us that giant pandas could be dangerous animals?

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Look at page 4.

According to the text, what do pandas spend the majority of their time doing?

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Arrange these facts about the life of the giant panda cub from 1 – 5 in the order in which they happen. 

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Look at page 4.

According to the text, how are giant pandas similar to other bears?

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Look at page 4.

According to the text, how are pandas different from other bears?

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Look at the section headed: Other interesting facts.

Complete the sentence below.

Recent studies show that…

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Look at the section headed: Why are people concerned about the giant panda?

Find and copy one word which shows that there are lots of things we do not yet know about giant pandas.

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…cutting off a vital food supply.

What does the word vital mean in this sentence?

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According to the text, why are giant pandas under threat of extinction?

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According to the text, how are people trying to help giant pandas survive?

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Look at the section headed: What about the future?

Find and copy one word that shows that helping the giant panda is not easy.

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Look at page 5.

What is one name that pandas have been called in the past because of their fur?

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Which statement is the best summary for the whole of page 5?

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Using information from the text, group each row to show whether each statement is a fact or an opinion.

Section 2: Grannie

Find and copy one word from the first verse that shows that the poet’s grannie made him feel safe when he was a boy.

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How did the poet’s grannie react when he behaved badly?

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The poet describes his grannie as standing mountainous between me and my fear. This makes her sound big and powerful.

What other impressions do you get of his grannie in the same verse?

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What was one effect of the poet getting injured in the war?

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Look at the verse beginning: Years later...

Find and copy a group of words that means the same as ‘took the opportunity’.

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What does the poet ask his grannie to do?

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She came. And I still vividly recall...

What do the words vividly recall most describe?

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Explain what the poet finds weird about his grannie in the last verse. Choose the best answer.

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She hobbled through the ward to where I lay And drew quite close and, hesitating, peered. Why does she hesitate?

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What is one thing that did not change about the grannie as she got older?

True or False: Her smile remains the same. 

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Look at the last verse, beginning: She came. Find and choose a group of words below that shows that his grannie makes a difference to the poet during her visit. 

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The experience in the last line could best be described as…

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Order the following sentences from 1 – 5 to show the order in which they happen in the poem. 

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The poet describes different stages of his life. Tick the two verses that are mainly about the poet’s adult life.

Section 3: Albion’s Dream

Look at the first paragraph. What suggests that the inside of the old farmhouse was not very well looked after?

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Look at the first two paragraphs. Which sentence below best describes the farmhouse?

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Look at page 9.

Find and copy one word which shows that Em Sharp was in charge of the house.

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Look at the second paragraph on page 9.

Left to my own devices...

This means that Edward... 

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When Edward was exploring the bookcase, he noticed something in the dark recesses of the shelf.

Which of the following words is closest in meaning to recesses?

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...it dawned on me that the dice ought to belong to a game...

Which of the following is closest in meaning to dawned on me as it is used here?

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How do you know that the bookcase had not been moved for a long time?

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How can you tell that Edward was determined to find the game?

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Look at page 10.

What impressions do you get of Em Sharp at this point in the extract?

Using evidence from the text to support your answer, identify the evidence for the impressions listed below

1. She was angry:_________________________________

2. She was hiding something or was secretive: __________________________

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In the last paragraph, Edward does not want to give the game to Em Sharp.

Why does he not want to part with it?

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Edward found a game. How can you tell that there was something strange about the game?

Match the following observations about the game Edward found with the corresponding explanations that indicate something strange about it.