Guided Reading – Week Commencing 8th June 2020

Session 1

Read the article below ‘Rainforest Calling’. Summarise some of the key points in the story you have found using bullet points.

Sessions 2 and 3

Read the article ‘Rainforest Calling’ and answer the questions below.

The answers to these questions are at the very end of this document so you can mark your own work if you wish.

3, Find and copy a word that means Daisy freely offered to give up her time to participate in the project.

4. How do Jack and Daisy react different to giving up their breaktimes to do the rainforest project?

5. Which two things does Daisy say she normally writes at home?

6. Find and copy two types of food or ingredients that come from the rainforest and are mentioned in the text.

7. What is the purpose of Daisy’s journal?

Sessions 4 and 5

Read the article ‘Tribes of the Rainforest’ to a member of your family and then answer the questions.

The answers to these questions are at the very end of this document so you can mark your own work if you wish.

Questions:

1. Name the three tribes mentioned in the fact file.

2. Why do the Yanomami not have chiefs?

3. Describe the houses the Yanomami live in.

4. What are the Huli tribe famous for growing?

5. Which is the largest of the tribes?

6. What do the pygmy tribe do for food?

7. What makes the members of the pygmy tribe easy to identify?

8. Which tribe would you most like to be part of and why?

Here are the answers for the questions in Session 2.

Here are the answers for the questions in Sessions 4 and 5.