(make a point)Evidence from the extract (find your evidence from the text)What the boy had done that day changed the course of history. ''Well like rubbing the lamp and a genie coming out, and the genie giving you three wishes?
ORDER NOW. The cottage perched on the edge of a cliff overlooking the raging sea that surrounded the island.From dawn until dusk, Ned’s mother and father were out of the house at work. The boy was trembling with fear. I told you it was less than a thousand. Ned learns that his sister has been planning to play a huge trick on him, but he has taken her collection of gunk and tried to play the trick back. You may want to collect two or three examples of humour to include in your explanation.Read or watch the second extract again. Last time I checked, the royal family did not have a member who was made entirely of slime. He shut his eyes tight, and cried, 'ARGH! ©2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Choose two questions that you think Ned would be asked about the event and write Ned’s response to the questions.Remember that Ned is likely to express his shock and excitement. Home learning focus. Meet Ned! 'I am anything you want me to be,' replied the thing.With that, the blob of slime squelched upside down across the ceiling.Next, it made its way down the wall, its slimy bottom acting like a suction pad against it.Eventually the thing was standing on the floor of the bathroom, peering down at Ned. Bigger than big. He wasn’t ORDINARY – he was extraordinary. Jemima resented Ned deeply. But Ned didn’t see or even smell much of them as the pair were always working.Instead, the boy was left at home alone with his older sister. He couldn’t walk at all, so was found a battered old rusty wheelchair and he learned to use it. One of these 999 people was a boy named Ned. Mum sold the fish dad caught at the island’s market. There is no lamp. stammered Ned. She might have been the older one, but it was her younger brother who got all the attention.Can you understand why Ned makes the link to Aladdin?What the boy had done that day changed the course of history. 'I am anything you want me to be,' replied the thing.With that, the blob of slime squelched upside down across the ceiling.Next, it made its way down the wall, its slimy bottom acting like a suction pad against it.Eventually the thing was standing on the floor of the bathroom, peering down at Ned. More like a blob on top of a blob on top of a blob. 'W-w-who are you?'
Unless it was infinite and one, which would be silly. I am not a genie. Which seemed highly unlikely. Year 4 and P5 lessons.
'Now, boy, tell me what you wish me to be.
Ned had been born with legs that didn’t work. He’d been born on MULCH and, like most islanders, had never left.To say Ned was an ordinary boy would be wrong. 'Now, boy, tell me what you wish me to be. And there aren’t three wishes.
In chapters 2 and 3 we find out more about Ned’s older sister, Jemima, and the awful pranks she pulls on Ned! The boy was trembling with fear. We will be sharing the whole audio book of THE ICE MONSTER for FREE as part of #AudioElevenses!
And there aren’t three wishes.
'No. Dad was a fisherman, so was away at sea all day on his fishing boat. The whirling tube of slime spun over his head and slapped against the ceiling.Then it began oozing downwards towards the boy. As if it were royal. I am going to be slimed to death.
‘Ned’ wasn’t short for anything - he was just called Ned. The boy could often be seen whizzing around the island, doing stunts and wheelies to delight his friends. Remember to use the word ‘because’ to explain your answer.Organise your evidence in a table so that you can write your answer to the question.What impression do you have of the Isle of Mulch? 'Then the most amazing thing happened. There was no one else there. In mixing together a thousand different jars of gunk, Ned had created a brand-new matter.The world would never be the same again.