EAL Home Learning, Thursday 5th March

WALT: I can show understanding of a chapter summary.

Activity 1 – Read this summary of The Iron Man, Chapter 3 Part 2

The farmers drove near in cars. They stopped 50 metres from the Iron
Man. He really was a monster. His chest was as big as a truck, and his arms
were like cranes. He was rusty, probably from eating all the old wire fences.

Hogarth hit a horse shoe against a rock. The Iron Man’s eyes turned
dark blue. Then purple. Then red. And finally white, like car headlamps.

“Mr Iron Man,” Hogarth shouted. “You can have all the food you want
if you stop eating up the farms.”

The Iron Man stood up straight and looked at Hogarth.

“We’re sorry we trapped you,” shouted the boy. “We promise not to
cheat you again. Follow us.”

Slowly, the farmers drove away, and the Iron Man walked after them.
As they went through the villages, half the people came out to stare at the
Iron Man, and half ran inside to hide. Nobody could believe their eyes.

At last, they came to the town, and there was a great scrap-metal
yard. Everything was there, old cars, old stoves, old trains, old fridges, old
bicycles. It was all piled up, rusting away.

“There,” cried Hogarth. “Eat all you can.”

The Iron Man’s eyes turned red. He picked up

an old black stove and chewed it like a toffee. Then,
he put a handful of rusty chain his mouth – better
than spaghetti. The Iron Man had never eaten such delicacies.

So there they left him. It was an Iron Man’s dream. The famers left
him. Sometimes, Hogarth visited. Now, the Iron Man’s eyes were a happy
blue. He was no longer rusty. And he ate, ate, ate, ate – endlessly.
Activity 2 – Answer the comprehension questions:

1. What did Hogarth want to stop the Iron Man doing?

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2. Which five objects were in the scrap-metal yard?

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3. How did the Iron Man feel after eating?

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Activity 2 – Highlight the past tense verbs in the text. Write them in this table:

Regular verbs (with –ed) Irregular verbs (without –ed)

Activity 3 – Find three similes in the text (phrases with ‘as ___ as’ or ‘like’):

Example His chest was as big as a truck.

Activity 4 – Find three new words in the text, translate them into your home
language, and put them in a sentence:

New word In my home Example sentence

language
Answer key

Activity 1 – Answer the comprehension questions

1. He wanted the Iron Man to stop eating up the farms

2. In the scrap-metal yard, there were old cars, old stoves, old trains, old fridges,
old bicycles
3. The Iron Man felt happy after eating

Activity 2 – Highlight the past tense verbs in the text. Write them in this table:

Regular verbs (with –ed) Irregular verbs (without –ed)

stopped, turned, trapped, shouted, drove, was / were, hit, stood, went, came,
looked, walked, piled, cried, picked, ran, could, put, left, ate
chewed, visited

Activity 3 – Find three similes in the text (phrases with ‘as ___ as’ or ‘like’):

Example His chest was as big as a truck

1 His arms were like cranes

2 White, like car headlamps

3 Chewed it like a toffee