1 ‘Tom noticed that the dragon seemed unusually excited’

Write down two things that gave Tom this idea.

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2. How does the author define ‘Dragonrise”? [1]
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3. In lines 9 and 10 there are two words with an apostrophe:
don’t and you’re. Why has the apostrophe been used? [2] 4
Why does Tom say they might be better on the floor?
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5. Read line 16 ‘Inky blackness’ is a noun phrase. Find and
copy another phrase that has been used the same way.
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6. Look at line 20. Tom spoke loudly. What could have caused
him to raise his
voice?.........................................................................................
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7. Why does Tom open the window?
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8. The dragon says it will not matter if he gets excited up on
the roof. Why?
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9 Read lines 29–31. “Tom began to say that he was sorry but
of course he could do no such thing because his parents were
not in favour of children climbing on the roof at night, or even
in the day…..” What stopped Tom from speaking?
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10 Read the last paragraph. How does Tom feel? [1] Copy
words from the text that show this.
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11 Do you think the dragon is nice to Tom? Circle your

answer.
Yes
No
Give one piece of evidence from the text to support your
opinion.
Evidence
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Write a story :
About a boy who meets a dragon for the first time. Think
about:
• Setting The forest at Dragonrise, during dark of the moon.
• Characters- who is in your story?
• What happens?
• How do the characters meet?
• Do they go anywhere else?
• Are there any other characters?
Include: apostrophes for contractions and noun phrases.