HOME LEARNING ALEX RIDER STORMBREAKER Subject: ENGLISH YEAR 10 – Mrs North Time: 1 HOUR APPROX Learning Objective: I can listen and understand the text. I can draw and write stage directions for a stunt in the text. Task 1: CHAPTER 15: ELEVEN O’CLOCK AND CHAPTER 16: TWELVE O’CLOCK Can you listen to chapters 15 and 16 using the links below? CHAPTER 15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NJlf8QCQkU CHAPTER 16 – PART1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHnwxY4WIuU CHAPTER 16 – PART2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdYwDzWDIhs Task 2: COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS Chapter 15 – Eleven O’clock Using the numbers 1-5, order/sequence the events from this chapter: Alex fired the harpoon gun at the plane Jeeps crashed below the plane and caused an explosion Alex retrieved a harpoon gun Alex threatens Mr Grin and orders him to fly him to the Science Museum Overpowered the guard and stole his Jeep car Chapter 16 – Twelve O’clock 1. Can you match the London landmark with how it is described in the chapter? Battersea Power Station standing proud with its 4 great chimneys intact Battersea Park bright silver crack Millennium Wheel a square dense of green bushes and trees that were making a last stand River Thames perched like a fabulous silver coin, balancing effortlessly on its rim 2. How do you think Alex felt when the plane finally reached London? 3. What might happen if Alex pulled the parachute open too early? 4. What colour was the smoke which was released from the plane when Alex detonated the bomb? 5. Which synonym matches the word plunged? Dropped, Ran, Hesitated, Quickly 6. Where in the Science Museum was Herod Sayle making his speech? Task 3: BECOME A STUNT DIRECTOR Think about being a stunt director – how would you set up and carry out the stunts of ‘chasing the plane’ and ‘The Science Museum scene’? Can you draw simple diagrams of how you would direct the actors in these stunts? Label the action and record the stage directions. Save your work: If you are using a computer, open a blank document to do your work (you can use Word or Publisher). Don’t forget to SAVE it with your name, the lesson you are doing and the date. For example: T.Smith Maths 8 April If you would like us to see or mark your work please email it or send a photo of your completed work to: [email protected] Thank you .