Crocodiles Christmas Sandals

L.I. To use and understand vocabulary 

Today for reading I read a story about crocodiles Christmas sandals. After reading the book I put in adjectives and verbs and descriptive language. Then I took the verbs and put then into  past present and future tense.

7Summarising the Main Idea

Good readers notice keywords.  Here are some clues to help you find key words:

• Key words are directly connected to the topic
• Key words are often repeated in the title and the text
• A key word helps you to remember an important idea 

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Use this table to help you summarise the main ideas in a text in your own words.  It is important that you use your own words to show your understanding and to avoid plagiarism.  If you don’t know what some words mean, look them up.

Adjectives Blue Silver Golden Red Rubber Salty Fun Lost Shiney Odd

Verbs Floated  Glittered Crossly Rustled Loudly Dancing Ran Dragging Cheering Play Cried Walking Sing Shouted Prancing  Watched Swapped Looking Cooked Stolen

Descriptive Language  Blue Jandles,  Silver Moon Golden Star

Past	Present	Future
Cheered	Cheering	Cheer/Cheering
Danced	Dancing	Dance
Cooked	Cooking	Cook
Shouted	Shouting	Shout
Looked	Looking	Look
Walked	Walking	walk
Floated	Floating	Float
Pranced	Prancing	Prance
Dragged	Dragging	Drag
Watched	Watching	Watch
Sung	Singing	Sing
Glittered	Glittering	Glitter
Swapped	Swapping	swap
Cried	Crying	Cry
Played	Playing	Play
Ran	Running	Run
Rustled	Rutling	Rustle
Crossed	Crossing	Cross