Key learning points

1. Reading aloud involves using an expressive voice, varying volume, emphasising keywords and using facial expressions.
2. Roald Dahl uses repetition, ambiguity and a cliffhanger to create a scary atmosphere in the opening chapter.
3. Inferring is about drawing conclusions or making educated guesses based on information and clues provided in a text.
4. Evidence from the text is used to support inferences we make about a character or an event in a text.
5. Precise vocabulary choices, setting descriptions and purposeful sentence structures are used to build suspense.

Keywords

• Evidence - the information from a text that can support or justify our reasoning

• Inference - a conclusion drawn from information and evidence in a text

• Atmosphere - the feeling a writer wants their readers to experience, like suspense or fear or joy

Common misconception