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The Giant Who Had Two Heads
By Jack Lasenby

Abiator's Reading:
General Skills Set 05:01
ACTIVITIES

Total Marks: 34
School Journal Part 2, Part 4, 1993
Learning Media Ltd, Wellington, NZ

Abiator's Active Classroom, http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/
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GENERAL COMPREHENSION

1)    Who is the author of this piece of writing?   [1 mark]
2)    Who is the illustrator for this piece of writing?   [1 mark]
3)    What kind of writing is this? A story? A poem? An article? A play?   [1 mark]
4)    What were the giant's two heads like?   [1 mark]
5)    How did Jack appear in the land?   [1 mark]
6)    Where did all Jack's strength come from?   [2 marks]
7)    When did the giant steal Jack's motorbike?   [1 mark]
8)    What was Jack's plan to catch the giant?   [2 marks]
9)    How do we know that the hole was VERY deep?   [2 marks]
10)    Describe how Jack made the giant angry.   [2 marks]
11)    Once the giant was trapped, what did the people do?   [2 marks]


VOCABULARY SKILLS
FIND WORDS FROM THE TEXT WHICH MEAN THE SAME AS:

12)   carefully, quietly (p3)   [1 mark]
13)   big, huge (p5)   [1 mark]
14)   yelling (p6)   [1 mark]
15)   grass (p9)   [1 mark]

FIND THESE WORDS IN THE TEXT, THEN PUT THEM IN SENTENCES OF YOUR OWN:

16)   square (p4)   [1 mark]
17)   dump (p8)   [1 mark]

18)   From the first page, find 2 adjectives.   [2 marks]
19)   From the last paragraph, find 2 verbs.   [2 marks]


ANALYSIS - SYNTHESIS - EVALUATION
Complete any TWO (2) tasks below

20)   Imagine you lived in the town BEFORE Jack came. Write a letter to Jack begging him to come to your town - and say WHY you need him to come.   [4 marks]
21)  Imagine you are a newspaper reporter. Write a short newspaper article about the capture of the giant. Include an appropriate headline.   [4 marks]
22)  Imagine you are the giant's eating head. Write an apologetic letter to the townspeople trying to convince them to let you out of the ground.   [4 marks]