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On a quiet day, you can sometimes hear them. Every now and then, there's be a tapping or a scraping or a rustling from behind the door. Occasionally (if you're patient enough to sit for the whole day and watch), movement can be glimpsed through the dark windows. Once, just once, the faint sound of whispering in hushed tones was heard.

The boy had spent his entire summer holidays wishing for something to emerge from the mysterious door. He had spent yet another sunny morning hiding in the tall grass at the bottom of his garden just staring at the door, hoping to catch a glimpse of something or someone extraordinary.

The moment he had been waiting for had finally arrived ... The door began to slowly creak open .. .

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FIRST

Story Starter - read the story starter with someone at home, then answer the questions on the next slide.

Vocabulary:

emerge - move out of or away from something and become visibleglimpse - catch sight of for just a momentextraordinary - very unusual/amazing/astonishing

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Pobble What will emerge from the tiny door?How will the boy react to seeing it emerge?Do you think the boy is enjoying his summer so far? Why?

What do you think you'd see if you looked into the window?

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THEN Question Time - think about the story starter when you answer these questions.

Writing tasks: Choose and complete one of the following:

Remember:

• Start every sentence and name with acapital letter.

• End every sentence with a full stop, questionmark or exclamation mark.

• Use adjectives to describe.• Use conjunctions (when, if, because, that,

or, but, and) to link ideas.• Use a comma to separate 2 adjectives

1. Continue the story using the story starter onthe previous page.

2. Pretend you are the boy - write a letter toyour friend telling them about your summerwhen you found out what was behind themysterious door.

3. Investigate 2 different types of houses/homes from anywhere in the world and writea report comparing them. What's the same?What's different about them?

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Use: when if so becauseto complete these sentences.

____ he sat quietly enough he could sometimes hear them.

The young boy had been sitting there all morning ____ he was delighted when the door began to open.

The boy finally caught a glimpse of something ________ he had waited patiently all day.

He gasped ____ the door began to slowly creak open.

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AFTER THAT

Sentence Challenge - subordinating conjunctions

How many conjunctions can you include in this week's piece of writing?

FINALLY

Perfect Picture

Can you draw a picture of what will emerge from the tiny door?