Activities

Chapter 3

LEVEL 2

Looking for Suneel

by Emma Smith-Barton

The Photo

Working with the text:

READ £ Reading comprehension

Reading lab

WRITE £ Inspire words

Writing workshop £ Make it flow

TALK £ Discuss the options

Space for debate £ Be a detective

Meet my hero

In the third part of the project:

PROJECT Research your hero’s achievements. What did they do?
Specific tasks
Create a bulleted list of information for your poster.

£ Collecting information

Review the Project sheet and download the activities provided for it alongside each chapter.
Work on the project progressively by completing these specific tasks.

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READ Name:
Reading lab

Reading comprehension
Answer the following questions about the chapter and explain your answers.

My hands are shaking.

1 What does this tell you about Sunita?

2 Find and copy a phrase that tells you Sunita’s mother is upset.

3 Why does Sunita feel that she has let her parents down?

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READ Name:
Reading lab

What does the sitar look like? Use the information in the text to write
4 a description.

5 Who do you think AJ is? Explain your answer.

6 List three secrets in this chapter.

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WRITE Name:
Writing workshop

Inspire words
Find these words in the chapter. What type of words are they: noun, adjective or verb?
Do you know a different word with the same meaning? Write a new sentence for each word.

resist glance

relief elegant

trace transports

desperate faint

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WRITE Name:
Writing workshop

Make it flow
Rewrite this passage, making it flow better by adding adverbials for time, place or manner,
such as: Just then, Inside, Running down the stairs and pronouns, such as: he, they, her.

Sunita put the letter in her bag. Sunita heard her mother coming up
the stairs. Sunita dashed down the ladder. She smiled at her mother
who suggested they went downstairs.
Sunita asked her mother about Grandpa. Her mother told Sunita
stories about making jigsaws. Sunita’s mom didn’t mention anything
to do with music. Sunita decided she would have to investigate the
mystery all on her own.

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TALK Name:
Space for debate

Discuss the options

Discuss which of the three options you find most interesting to continue the story,
explaining your reasons why. Here’s a reminder of the options and some key points for each.

What happens next?

A B C

The call goes to

voicemail and Sunita A young woman Sunita’s mom comes
leaves a message answers and says AJ in and wants to know
asking for AJ is her grandfather who she is calling
to call her

What could Sunita say to
make sure AJ calls her back?
Remember, we have no
idea what the relationship is
between AJ and her grandpa,
or how recently they have
spoken.
Do you think Sunita will find
it easier to talk to a young
woman rather than someone
older? Or could this be more
difficult if the young woman
does not know who Sunita’s
grandpa Suneel is?
Sunita has been worried
about her mother’s reaction,
but could finding out more
about Grandpa perhaps help
Sunita’s mom? Is it helping
Sunita? Should she be honest
and involve her mom?

Be a detective
Work in a group of four. Together, think of as many questions
as you can about the story. Try to ask two different questions
each and try to ask questions you would like to know the
answer to.

Next, discuss possible answers to your questions. Can you be

detectives and decide why no one knows about Grandpa’s
sitar playing?

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PROJECT Name:
Specific tasks

Collecting information
Find out more about your hero. What were / are their achievements? What do you like about
them? Make notes at the bottom of this sheet, then write bullet points about your hero.

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