Friday 25th September 2026

Screenshot and complete using mark-up.

RIC

After a long and difficult journey, Perseus eventually arrived at Medusa’s gloomy, death-filled lair. Courageously, he tiptoed up to the entrance and stopped, peering and listening. A wave of terror washed over him. All around him were stone statues of others who had tried and failed to defeat the hideous gorgon. How could he defeat a creature that he could not directly look at? Then an idea came to him! He remembered the gifts from the gods. While using his shield to look at the reflection of Medusa, he swung his sword and, with one clean sweep, cut off her head!

Positioning the head in his sack, Perseus headed to confront the evil king. On his return, a bewildered Polydectus demanded, “Show me the head!” Perseus carefully opened the sack and Polydectus gazed deeply into the Gorgon’s eyes. In an instant, he was turned to stone. Perseus had succeeded in his mission so he and his mother were now safe.

R - What did Perseus remember from the gods?

I - Summarise both paragraphs.

C - The author has used some effective verbs. Can you find them?

Main

LC: Infer characters' feelings from their actions and justify with evidence from the text.

Talk Partners

What is inference?

Does the text always tell us how someone if feeling?

How do we know how a character is feeling?

When reading, we need to interpret the clues in the text - NOT just think about how we would feel in that situation.

Opposite, at the bus stop, everyone was there. All the usual crowd messing about. Abby saw Becky, her best friend, laughing and joking with Cloe.

How is Abby feeling?

What is the evidence?

Tom's thoughts:

Tom assumes Abby would be jealous because that's how he felt when his best friend was laughing and joking with someone else.

Alya's thoughts:

Alya assumed Abby would be happy because her friends are having a good time together.

BUT the whole text gives us a clue about how Abby is feeling:

Opposite, at the bus stop, everyone was there. All the usual crowd messing about. Abby felt a sharp pang as she saw Becky, her best friend, laughing and joking with Cloe.

The evidence 'felt a sharp pang' tells us that she has a negative feeling. It might be jealousy, it might be sadness.

Activity

Feeling Charades

You will choose a feeling below and act it out without saying the word.

The class will then guess which emotion you have chosen, but must explain the reasoning. For example, “I think she’s nervous because she’s fidgeting and looking at the floor”.