The Giraffe, Pelly and Me p1-18

Whose point of view is the story being told from? P1

Billy’s
What is unusual about the way the story is being written at the start? P1
It is written in the present tense.
What was Grubber another name for? P1
Sweet shop
What is unusual about the words FOR SAIL and SOLED? P1
They are not the correct homophones for the words / accept they are spelled incorrectly for context.
Who do you think may have written the FOR SAIL sign?
Any answer that recognises that it is unlikely to be an adult. For those who are familiar with Roald Dahl encourage
them to think the central characters of stories like Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda etc.
Why did the boy wish he bought the shop?
Because he would have turned it into a fine new sweet shop.
What do you think Sherbet Suckers, Caramel fudge, Russian Toffee and Sugar Snorters etc are? P3
Sweets.
What happens the next time he visits the shop? P5
A bathtub crashes down into the middle of the road.
Why does the boy think a madman was ripping out the inside of the house? P5
1. Because of the way that everything is thrown onto the street
2. Because even the staircase and floorboards are being thrown out.
Why does the boy go home? P5
Because it is getting dark
Would you have gone back the next day? P7
Yes – because I’d want to see what was happening / to see who was there / to see what would happen today
No – because it implies there might be a madman there / it isn’t safe.
What does he find when he goes back? P8&9
A gigantic head (accept giraffe) and a pelican
How can you tell that Billy is amazed by what he finds (use a quote) P10
As if all this wasn’t enough / out popped a monkey! (exclamation mark key here)
How can you tell that Billy is impressed with the monkey? P10
He claps and cheers
What job do the animals say they have? P12
Window cleaners.
Why is the rest of Page 12 in italics?
Because it is the song that the monkey sings.
Would you have got into the Pelican’s beak? Open question p13
What does the pelican use his beak for?
To carry window cleaning water.
Why do the animals need Billy’s help? P17
Because they have no money left after they bought the house and are starving.
What’s a chauffeur? P18
Someone who is paid to drive someone else’s car.
Why do you think the Duke of Hampshire has come to the shop? (open question – if necessary focus children on the
idea of a Duke having a big house with lots of windows)
 GUIDED READING ASSESSMENT

Guided Group

Book Name The Giraffe, Pelly and Me

Level

Objectives To use recall and retrieval to answer factual questions about the Giraffe, Pelly and Me.

Focused Questions AF2-AF7

Assessment Focus Teacher’s Own Focused Questions Evidence
AF2 Can he/she: Whose point of view is the story being
Understand, describe, Recall the main ideas of a story or told from? P1
select or retrieve information text?
information, events or Identify how characters behave, eg What happens the next time he visits the
ideas from texts and repeated actions and words? shop? P5
use quotation and Connect words and illustrations, eg Why does the boy go home? P5
reference to text what additional information does the
illustration add? What does he find when he goes back?
Say what they have found out by P8&9
reading the book?
Retrieve relevant details from different How can you tell that Billy is impressed
paragraphs or sections of the text? with the monkey? P10
What job do the animals say they have?
P12
What does the pelican use his beak for?

AF3 Can the child:
Deduce, infer or Use knowledge of a story so far to make
interpret information, predictions about what will happen next?
events or ideas from Connect information together to draw out
texts implied meanings?
Distinguish between more and less
important items of information?
Use clues from what characters do and
say to explain their motives?
Why did the boy wish he bought the
shop?
Why does the boy think a madman was
ripping out the inside of the house? P5
How can you tell that Billy is amazed by
what he finds (use a quote) P10
Why do the animals need Billy’s help?
P17

AF4 Can the child: What is unusual about the way the story
Identify and comment Make use of book conventions and is being written at the start? P1
on the structure and (if organisational devices to focus their
possible) organisation reading, eg index, glossary? Why is the rest of Page 12 in italics?
of texts, including Trace how ideas link and how a writer
grammatical and signals changes and connections?
presentational features
at text level

AF5 Can the child: What was Grubber another name for?
Explain and comment Comment on the effect of specific words P1
on writers’ use of and how they convey meaning, eg ideas,
language, including characters, atmosphere? What is unusual about the words FOR
grammatical and Discuss language patterns and how they SAIL and SOLED? P1
literary features at contribute to the meaning, eg refrains, Who do you think may have written the
word and sentence rhymes or repetition? FOR SAIL sign?
level
What do you think Sherbet Suckers,
Caramel fudge, Russian Toffee and
Sugar Snorters etc are? P3
What’s a chauffeur? P18

AF6 Can the child: Would you have gone back the next
Identify and comment Respond to the text overall and say what day? P7
on writers’ purposes they liked/disliked about it?
and viewpoints, and Identify the main purpose of a text, eg Would you have got into the Pelican’s
the overall effect of the using evidence from what they have beak? Open question p13
text on the reader read? Why do you think the Duke of
Hampshire has come to the shop? (open
question – if necessary focus children on
the idea of a Duke having a big house
with lots of windows)
Like Billy, you have been asked to help the animals. They want you to design an
poster to advertise their Ladderless Window Cleaning Service.

Challenge – try to come up with a slogan to go on the bottom of the poster.

Like Billy, you have been asked to help the animals. They want you to design an
poster to advertise their Ladderless Window Cleaning Service.

Challenge – try to come up with a slogan to go on the bottom of the poster.

Like Billy, you have been asked to help the animals. They want you to design an
poster to advertise their Ladderless Window Cleaning Service.

Challenge – try to come up with a slogan to go on the bottom of the poster.

Like Billy, you have been asked to help the animals. They want you to design an
poster to advertise their Ladderless Window Cleaning Service.

Challenge – try to come up with a slogan to go on the bottom of the poster.

Like Billy, you have been asked to help the animals. They want you to design an
poster to advertise their Ladderless Window Cleaning Service.

Challenge – try to come up with a slogan to go on the bottom of the poster.

Like Billy, you have been asked to help the animals. They want you to design an
poster to advertise their Ladderless Window Cleaning Service.

Challenge – try to come up with a slogan to go on the bottom of the poster.