Learning Objectives

Understand and collect obvious meanings of words

Understand, explain and collect suggested meanings and attitudes
Learning Outcomes
Learn key vocabulary
Make predictions and guesses about a text using an image and a word
Devise questions about a text

over-indulgent

vile

sneer

snarl

peer

wizened

mournful

nostalgia

barred

superficial

tremendous

marathon

restrained

eradication

uncommunicative

identification

burly

moral tales

eyes on sticks

philosophy of life

muscular strength

savage retribution

prevent the rot from setting in

pounce on us like a cat

hint

mental arithmetic

mutual

new moon

over- indulgent

to allow yourself or someone else to have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink

vile

unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable:

sneer

to talk about or look at someone or something in an unkind way that shows you do not respect or approve of
them or it:

snarl

make a deep, rough sound while showingthe teeth, usually in anger or (of people) to speak or say
something angrily and forcefully:

peer

to look carefully or with difficulty

wizened

having dry skin with lines in it, especially because of old age

mournful

very sad

nostalgia

a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you thinkabout things that happened in the past

barred

If a door is barred, a bar of wood or metal has been put across it so that it cannot be opened

superficial

never thinking about things that areserious or important:

tremendous

very great in amount or level, or extremely good

marathon

an activity that takes a long time and makes you very tired

restrained

acting in a calm and controlled way

eradication

to get rid of something completely or destroy something bad

uncommunicative

not willing to talk

identification

the act of recognizing and naming someone or something

burly

describes a man who is large and strong

moral tales

is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event

eyes on sticks could look around in all directions easily or eyes at the end of something like antennae, swivelling
about so she could see in all directions and keep track of the children
philosophy of
life

a way of life whose focus is resolving the questions about life

muscular
strength

strong muscles

savage
retribution

fierce revenge

pounce on us
like a cat

to attack suddenly

rot from
setting in

When a situation begins to go wrong

hint

a clue

mental
arithmetic

doing sums in your head

mutual

feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for each other

new moon

the phase of the moon when it first appears as a slender crescent

to allow yourself or someone else to have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink
unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable:
to talk about or look at someone or something in an unkind way that shows you do not respect or approve of
them or it:
make a deep, rough sound while showingthe teeth, usually in anger or (of people) to speak or say
something angrily and forcefully:
to look carefully or with difficulty
having dry skin with lines in it, especially because of old age
very sad
a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you thinkabout things that happened in the past
If a door is barred, a bar of wood or metal has been put across it so that it cannot be opened
never thinking about things that areserious or important:
very great in amount or level, or extremely good
an activity that takes a long time and makes you very tired
acting in a calm and controlled way
to get rid of something completely or destroy something bad
not willing to talk
the act of recognizing and naming someone or something

describes a man who is large and strong

is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event

could look around in all directions easily or eyes at the end of something like antennae, swivelling
about so she could see in all directions and keep track of the children
a way of life whose focus is resolving the questions about life
strong muscles
fierce revenge
to attack suddenly
to stop a situation going wrong

a clue
doing sums in your head
feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for each other
the phase of the moon when it first appears as a slender crescent

Learning Objectives
Understand and collect obvious meanings of words
Understand, explain and collect suggested meanings and attitudes
Learning Outcomes
Learn key vocabulary
Make predictions and guesses about a text using an image and a word
Devise questions about a text

Aunt Pegg
Who ?
What ?

Describe a time
when you have
been looked after
by an older
relative.

Learning Objectives
Understand and collect obvious meanings of words
Understand, explain and collect suggested meanings and attitudes
Learning Outcomes
Learn key vocabulary
Make predictions and guesses about a text using an image and a word
Devise questions about a text

4 answers
1] she would pounce on us like a cat
2] She was a wizened, tiny woman of great
muscular strength
3] Aunt Pegg had eyes on sticks
4] We went about our daily tasks like little
zombies.

2] Vile Aunt Pegg! Leering, sneering, peering Aunt Pegg! We would be

enjoying a friendly fight or just sitting doing nothing when she would pounce
on us like a cat, and savage retribution would follow. As we stood in the
corner of the room with hands on heads, she would snarl, How dare you!
Making my tidy room messy, wasting your time. I saw you!
3] Aunt Pegg had eyes on sticks. How she saw us we never knew: one
moment she wasnt there, the next she was on top of us. She was a wizened,
tiny woman of great muscular strength and energy, and her mouth was like
an upside-down new moon without the hint of a smile.
5]By day two we were very mournful children. Nostalgia set in as we
remembered our happier past. We went about our daily tasks like little
zombies. We became uncommunicative and even forgot (to our Aunts
extreme pleasure) to insult each other. Both of us longed for the day when
our dear parents would return and unlock the barred doors of our prison.

Learning Objectives
Understand and collect obvious meanings of words
Understand, explain and collect suggested meanings and attitudes
Learning Outcomes
Learn key vocabulary
Make predictions and guesses about a text using an image and a word
Devise questions about a text