the term used to describe human beings collectively

strong feelings that result from a person’s circumstances, mood or relationships with others

Chapter 2 and humanity's response to the Iron Man

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In 'The Iron Man’, pupils read and discussed the story of ’The Iron Man’. In 'The Iron Man Narrative Writing’, pupils will use the book as a stimulus for narrative writing.

In 'The Sheep Pig’, children read and discussed a linear narrative. They used inference to build their comprehension and understanding. In ’The Iron Man’, pupils will read and discuss another narrative structure. They will develop their understanding of how authors use language to create tone and atmosphere within a book.

'The Iron Man': reading

What is the name of the important character introduced at the beginning of Chapter 2, and who is he?

Hogarth returned home and told his parents about the Iron Man.

Hogarth’s father encountered the Iron Man, but safely escaped.

The farmers found their machinery missing or half eaten.

The farmers found clues that let them know it must be the Iron Man.

Put the following events in order, from 1 - 4, to show the correct chronology of events at the beginning of Chapter 2 of ‘The Iron Man’.

The farmers dug a hole to trap the Iron Man, but he never came.

One day, Hogarth spotted the Iron Man eating wire fencing.

Hogarth lured the Iron Man with clinking metal and finally trapped him.

The farmers were overjoyed. They buried the Iron Man in the hole.

Put the following events in order, from 1 - 4, to show the correct chronology of events in the second half of Chapter 2 of ‘The Iron Man’.

feelings resulting from a person’s circumstances, mood or relationship

Match these keywords to the correct definitions.

Why were the farmers angry with the Iron Man?

Which of the following emotions can we infer that the farmers were feeling beneath their anger?

True or false? 'The Iron Man' is a non-fiction text.

Select the features that you might see in a science fiction novel.

The Iron Man stood on the very edge of a cliff, staring at the sea.

The Iron Man fell off the cliff and “crashed” onto the the beach below.

His body broke apart and his parts were “scattered” all around.

One of the Iron Man’s hands found one of his eyes and he reassembled himself.

He walked deep into the ocean until he disappeared.

Put these events from Chapter 1 of 'The Iron Man' in the correct order.

the tone or mood created in a section or whole of a text

the repeated use of sounds, words or phrases

the comparison of two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Select the linguistic techniques that Ted Hughes uses in Chapter 1.

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