Wriften by Roderick Hunt

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TE SI]N 6

BEFORE READTNG DURING READING

Tolk together Enjoy the story together.
. Look ot the title ond cover. Ask: Vllho do If your child needs
you think is driving the cor? support to reod the
. Totk obout the cor ond whether it looks story:
old or new. Ask'. Do you think it is o fost . Remind your child to
or slow cor? How con you tell? sound out ond btend
. Look through the book ond totk obout unfomilior words from
the pictures. teft to right.
. Look for compound
words, where two
words creote o bigger
About the words in this book word, e.g. moonlight.
. Your chitd shoutd be ob[e to sound . If o word is stitl too
out ond blend some words, which tricky, simply soy the
moy include: whole word for
otd come drove roce
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your chi[d.
Re-reod sentences
found Boron shouted to focus on their
Some words moy be more chottenging. meoning where
Encouroge or model blending, then necessory.
reod the words betow to your chitd
if necessory.
Gron wonted to bug o new cor. Biff
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osked bought ond Chip were sod. Theg liked Gron's
mountoin dongerous old cor.
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Gron liked this cor. Biff wos worried. Gron bought the fost cor. She drove
The cor wos too fost for Gron. it home.
"Oh no!" soid Dod.
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Mum wos cross with Gron. The mogic keg glowed. The mogrc
"Thot cor is too fost," she soid. took Biff ond Chip. It took Gron, too.
Gron wos upset.
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The mogic took them to o roce. "Oh Gron!" soid Biff. "Whot would
"Come on," soid Gron. "This is mg Mum sog?"
ngw cor." "Never mind Mum," soid Gron.
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Gron found o mop. Theg oll looked A mon looked ot Gron. He wos o
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The children lool<ed ot the Boron. The A mon chonged the signpost.
Boron lool<ed ot the children. "Ho! Ho!" soid the mon. "Now the
"Ho!" soid the Boron. "You won't win." Boron will win."
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Which wog?" osked Gron. turned left.
)hip didn't know. "Grrr!" soid the mon.
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Theg come to the mountoins. The Boron put oil on the rood.
''Slow down," shouted Biff. "Thot will do it," he soid. "Thot will
''No.This is fun," soid Gron. stop them."
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The cor skidded on the oil. It croshed "Hold on," shouted Gron.
uhrough the fence ond went down the "Oh no!" shouted Biff.
mountoin. "Oh help!" shouted Chip.
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The Boron wos behind. Gron wos in Biff looked behind.

front. She wos winning the roce. "Come on Gron," she shouted.
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"Which wog?" colled Gr on. The bridge wos dongerous.

Chip didn't l<now. "Not this wog!" colled Chip.
Gron turned on to o bridge.
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The bridge broke. The Boron's cor Gron won the roce.
croshed down into the river. "Hoorog!" colled Biff ond Chip.
The mogic keg glowed.
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The bridge broke. The Boron's cor Gron won the roce.
croshed down into the river. "Hoorog!" colled Biff ond Chip.
The mogic keg glowed.
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AFTER READING
Turn to poge 4. Ask: Why wos Mum cross?
Ask: Whot things did the Boron do to try to win
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the roce?
Ask: Which port of the story did you tike the best?
Wos it on exciting roce?

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kxt O Roderick Hunt 1993
IllustratioDs O Alex Bry.hla r993
Iirsl published 1993
'lhis edition published 201 I

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