Questions
Teaching assessment
1 Which one of the following words is a synonym for ‘nap’? sleep
graze
work
1 Sleep sit
2 Write down any three ingredients that are used to make the pudding.
[1 mark]
1 mark (Content Domain 2a)
2 Accept any from: cream, eggs (egg yolks, egg whites), lemons, lemon juice, sugar 1 mark (Content Domain 2b)
[1 mark]
3 Father
1 mark (Content Domain 2b)
3 Who said, ‘It will taste like a whole raft of lemons. It will taste like a night on the sea.’?
[1 mark]
4 The order of events is: • • • •
4 Put these events from the story in order: • Father splashed water on the floor as he washed the pots
Mother had gone out shopping Father took down a knife and started slicing lemons Father splashed water on the floor as he washed the pots Father fell asleep sitting up in his chair 1 mark (Content Domain 2c)
• Father fell asleep sitting up in his chair
5 Expected standard: Pupils should explain that the quotation show’s that the narrator’s father
• Mother had gone out shopping • Father took down a knife and started slicing lemons
[1 mark]
6 Expected standard: Pupils should identify that the story is narrated by Julian. They should
5 ‘My father loosened his collar and pushed at his sleeves.’ What does this sentence tell you about how the narrator’s father was feeling in this part of the story?
6 Who is narrating the story? Copy a sentence that tells you this.
was feeling hot. They may refer to the preceding line that states, ‘It was hot by the stove.’ 1 mark (Content Domain 2d)
[1 mark] [2 marks]
then write the sentence: ‘Sugar, Julian!” he said, and I poured in the sugar.’ This question requires pupils to read across the extract and infer that the personal pronouns ‘me’ and ‘I’ refer to Julian. Accept ‘Sugar, Julian!’ but do not accept The Julian Stories as an answer to this question. 2 marks (Content Domain 2d)
7 Expected standard: Pupils should predict that Julian and Huey eat the pudding. 1 mark (Content Domain 2e)
7 What do you think happens once Father has gone to sleep? Explain what makes you think this.
[2 marks]
8 ‘Me and my little brother Huey shiver to the bottom of our shoes’ What feeling do you think the author was trying to show when she wrote ‘shiver’? Why do you think she chose this word? [2 marks]
9 ‘The pudding looked softer and lighter than air’ Why do you think the author has compared the pudding to air?
[1 mark]
10 The narrator’s father is an untidy cook. Find and copy two phrases that tell you this.
[1 mark]
Extension: Some pupils will be able to pinpoint Father’s warning ‘Leave the pudding alone!’ as a clue from the author that the boys are going to eat the pudding. 1 additional mark (Content Domain 2e)
8 Expected standard: Pupils should explain that the author was trying to show that the boys were shaking.
1 mark (Content Domain 2g)
Extension: Some pupils may be able to explain that when people shiver they shake. Sometimes when people are very frightened they shake with fear and this is why the author chose to use the word ‘shiver’. 1 additional mark (Content Domain 2g)
9 Expected standard: Pupils should explain that readers will know that air is very light. By comparing the pudding to air, the author is making clear that the pudding was extremely light. 1 mark (Content Domain 2g)
10 Expected standard: Pupils should write any two of the following quotations: • • • 4
The seeds flew out on the floor Huey took the broom and swept them up He washed all the pots, splashing water on the floor
1 mark (Content Domain 2f) 5