Windscape

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an exciting children’s adventure by Paul Murdoch

04/27/2021

Chapter 27 – The Showdown

Topics to explore: porters, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure… The hospital porters play a big part in this chapter. What other kinds of people might work in a hospital? Words to explore : showdown, gown, mishmash, assumed, braced, bedraggled… Emotions : What thoughts go though Jenny’s head when she finds out the lady protester is …
04/16/2021

Chapter 28 – The Summer Wind

Topics to explore : peregrine falcon, shepherd’s crook, the island of Mauritius… What species of geese migrate to Scotland in winter? Words to explore : obelisk, eyesore, triumphantly, skene, moderation, tumbling… Emotions : Why might Jenny have forgiven Pavel? Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece …
04/14/2021

Chapter 26 – The Right Bed

Topics to explore : wheelchairs, disability, maternity ward, What are the Paralympic Games? Words to explore : flagging, prospect, abandoned, buckled, resolutely, lilting, accusatory, ‘Pre-op’. Emotions : What is Jenny feeling when she finds out that it wasn’t her dad’s empty bed? Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out …
04/12/2021

Chapter 25 – Framed

Topics to explore : wrestling, Blackberry (type of mobile phone), Hummer… Big Birdie is described as a gorilla – The Gorilla is the largest living primate. What is a primate? Words to explore : retinue, henchmen, runts, ‘hen’, framed, glowered, double-take… Emotions : What is Flynn feeling when he is framed by Pavel? What does …
04/10/2021

Chapter 24 – Evil Intent

Topics to explore : sandstone, sewage plants, the River Clyde The Clyde is a major river on the west coast of Scotland that passes through Glasgow, what’s the big river on the east coast that serves Edinburgh? Words to explore : intent, yobs, cronies, surreptitiously, stalk-still, loathing… Emotions : What was the nurse thinking when …
04/06/2021

Chapter 23 – The Tunnel

Topics to explore : the word ‘Ned’, monuments… What monuments do you have near your school? Words to explore : shimmied, dolefully, squinted, cluster, chattering, wry… Emotions : What is Lord most interested in when Jenny is trying to get Flynn’s jacket? Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out …
04/06/2021

Chapter 22 – Some Old Trouble

Topics to explore : calamine lotion, life jackets, pantomimes… What might have turned Sandy Murdoch into a bully? Translate – ‘there’s a dug in the drink’ Words to explore : estuary, thugs, mooched, cuff, juddered, gushing, sheen, manic… Emotions : What is Flynn thinking as he negotiates with Angus Murdoch? Summarise the chapter in a …
02/28/2021

Chapter 21 – Dumbarton Rock

Topics to explore : camels, granite, the River Leven, Formica. What is the difference between a carrion crow and a hooded crow. (Draw) Words to explore : corrugated, frayed, ignition, moored, throttle, carcasses… Emotions : What is Jenny feeling as Pavel steals the cruiser in Dumbarton? Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a …

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