English

Summer 2

Our new book is 'Grandad's Secret Giant' by Daniel Litchfield. 

Grandad's Secret Giant is a picture book about a boy called Billy whose grandad tells him stories about a kind giant who secretly helps people in their town. Billy does not believe the giant is real at first because he thinks a giant would be impossible to hide.

Later, Billy finally meets the giant and feels frightened because the giant looks so different. But he soon learns that the giant is gentle, lonely, and only wants friendship and acceptance. The story teaches children about:

• kindness
• friendship
• accepting people who are different
• not judging others by appearances

Mastery Keys

• • Use subordination (if, that)
  • Add -er and -est to adjectives
  • Use homophones and near homophones
  • Include detail and description to inform the reader
  • Use a range of sentence forms to address the reader
  • Write in 1^st person
  • Include personal comments and own viewpoint
  • Have a clear beginning, middle and end