Rise of the Green Flame: word detectives

Word detectives Rise of the Green Flame

Six manuscript-checked words. Look up each printed page in your own copy; a proof or another edition may have different pagination.

1. shimmered - printed page 2: reread its sentence and the picture. What clue helps?
2. towered - printed page 10: reread its sentence and the picture. What clue helps?
3. pedestal - printed page 16: reread its sentence and the picture. What clue helps?
4. ancient - printed page 19: reread its sentence and the picture. What clue helps?
5. stunned - printed page 74: reread its sentence and the picture. What clue helps?
6. restore - printed page 85: reread its sentence and the picture. What clue helps?

Choose one word. My first idea and my context clue ...

Use the word in a new sentence ...

Three words; three clues

Use three of the six checked words or choose others from your copy. Record a page, a clue and a meaning checked with an adult or dictionary.

A meaning I revised after checking ...

Teacher notes Suggested meanings

1. shimmered: shone with a changing or wavering light (printed p. 2).
2. towered: stood very tall above something (printed p. 10).
3. pedestal: a base that supports or displays something (printed p. 16).
4. ancient: very old (printed p. 19).
5. stunned: so surprised that a person cannot react at once (printed p. 74).
6. restore: bring something back to an earlier condition (printed p. 85).

Support and stretch

Read the whole sentence aloud. Model a tentative meaning, check it in context and then consult a dictionary. Accept equivalent meanings. Stretch: choose a different meaning of the same word and explain why it does not fit here.

Teaching links

Suggested England KS2 English vocabulary in context; US L.2.4a and L.2.4e, adapted to reading development. Printed references were checked against the supplied interior, not every edition.