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Roderick Hunt Alex Brychta
Match using numbers. What is the meaning of?
1 survival a collection of equipment that you need to stay alive in
emergencies if you are somewhere far from help.
2 survival an exciting, unusual and sometimes dangerous
experience
kit
3 adventur the fact of continuing to live or exist, especially in
e difficult conditions.
True or False
1. Wilf and Chip put their tent up.
2. The children needed their survival kit.
3. Biff wanted to take her umbrella.
4. Wilf had many things in his rucksack.
5. Amy did not listen to her father.
6. The bear did not like people in his part of the
wood.
7. Little Fox put his arm in the water.
8. The children shared their food.
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9. Amy took her back to collect berries.
Continue the story. Fill in the empty spaces with the correct word
Wilf and Chip _________ going to do a camp that night. Chip never
_________ in a tent. Wilf _________ many things in the survival kit like
the torch and the first aid kit. Biff _________ them an umbrella
because it _________ going to rain.
In fact, it _________ so hard that the children _________ _________
outside in the tent. In the end, mum _________that they could
_________ on Chip’s bedroom floor.
camp decided couldn’t sleep rained
was
gave had slept were
This time the magic key _________ them in North America
at the time of the wagon trains. There they _________
friends with Amy and Little Fox. They also _________ a
bad- tempered bear and _________ that in the past people
_________ traps to _________ animals. They also learnt how to
_________ a fire without any matches. The children _________ the
survival adventure.
liked lit catch used learnt met made took
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List some of the things there should be in a survival kit.
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List some of the things there should be in a first aid kit
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Look through the book and find 7 words with /gh/ in it.
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Answer these questions to build up Amy’s story
1. Amy was feeling (sad and lonely// happy and excited)
2. Why did Amy’s father tell her to stay close to the wagon
train? (pg7)
3. What happened to Amy on page 9?
4. What was Little Fox doing in the woods?
(pg10)
5. Why was Little Fox afraid? (pg11)
6. Why did Wilf put a bandage on Amy’s feet? (pg16)
7. How did Little Fox catch the fish? (pg20)
8. What did he use to light the fire? (pg21)
9. Why was Amy sad? (pg23)
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10. What have you learnt from the story?
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