Year 8 English Week 10: Online Lesson 1

Owl Hall, Part 3: Feeling Awkward

Learning Objectives:

1. To review the parts of a story

2. To recall what's happened in a story and to predict what will happen next

The Story So Far . . .

• Kara is staying at Owl Hall with her mum and her brother Martin.

• The house is large, and Kara and Martin have explored it.

• Kara found a laptop in her room.

• She can access the Owl Hall homepage but can't use the internet.

• Martin is afraid that someone is watching them.

Let's read episode 3 of Owl Hall!

Please read the 3rd episode of Owl Hall. After you finish, you will answer questions about it. If you want to listen to the episode instead, the audio is on TEAMs> Click on "Files" then "Class Materials" then "Week 10" and choose "Online Lesson 1". The mp3 file is there.

One more time!

Read or listen to episode 3 one more time before you answer questions about it.

Multiple Choice

Which day of her blog is Kara writing?

*Hint: Scan the reading passage for this answer.

• Day 1

• Day 11

• Day 7

• Day 2

Multiple Choice

Who is the main character in Owl Hall?

• Mum

• Martin

• Kara

• Howard

Multiple Choice

Owl Hall is the _________ of the story.

• character

• setting

• plot

• conflict

• resolution

Multiple Choice

At the end of the story, Martin asks Kara if she has seen a ghost, but she says, "Shhhhhh."

What do you think will happen next?

• Mum will go shopping.

• Martin will run away for help.

• Martin will try to hear what Kara hears.

• Howard will run away for help.

Poll

Who is your favourite character?

• Mum

• Kara

• Martin

Fill in the Blanks

Unscramble the sentence. Type the words in the sentence in the correct order.

making / I'm / . / fire / a

Fill in the Blanks

Unscramble the sentence. Type the words in the sentence in the correct order.

! / going / I / outside / said / I'm

Fill in the Blanks

Unscramble the sentence. Type the words in the sentence in the correct order.

phone / . / video / use / a / to / can / make / I / the

Read or listen again. Who says what? Write Mum, Kara, or Martin.

Fill in the Blanks

"I wanted to find somewhere quiet to go on holiday. Somewhere we could spend some time together."

Fill in the Blanks

"And over to the right, there's a . . . what is it? It must be a barn."

Fill in the Blanks

"Why do you look so frightened? Have you seen a ghost?"

Vocabulary Practice

Look at the following groups of adjectives. For each group, choose the adjective that has a different meaning to the rest. Be careful! Some questions may have more than one answer.

Multiple Select

Choose the adjective that doesn't belong.

• awkward

• delicious

• embarrassing

• difficult

Multiple Select

Choose the adjective that doesn't belong.

• cross

• angry

• depressed

• upset

Multiple Select

Choose the adjectives that don't belong.

• scared

• alarmed

• frightened

• terrible

• spooky

Thank you for finishing Lesson 1!