Year 5 'Wonder': book club worksheet

“Seeing it from other sides” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 English unit “'Wonder': book club”, for children aged 9 to 10, and takes about 22 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 36 of the year, 2 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Seeing it from other sides

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · English · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can consider different viewpoints and build on what others say.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which word is the strongest feeling? Circle it.
crossfuriousannoyed
2.
The start of a story is the . Circle the word that fits.
beginningclimaxending
3.
Number these writing steps in order, 1 to 4.
1. Write a first draft
2. Plan your ideas
3. Share your writing
4. Check your spelling

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ruby is new at school. At lunch, a girl she does not know asks to sit with her.

Watch me

Ruby's view: she feels nervous about being new.

The girl's view: she wants a friend and is trying to be kind.

Both views are true about the same lunch.

Now you

1.
Jay spills his drink in the dinner queue. Kit laughs. Mia hands Jay a napkin. Kit's view: Mia's view:

C Your turn6 min

Read each moment. Think about how a different person might feel.

A school playground with a football and two rows of cones, no people

1.
Sam is picked last for a team. Circle the feeling Sam is most likely to have.
left outproudbored
2.
Now Sam's friend Noah picks Sam first. Circle the feeling Sam is most likely to have now.
gladcrosstired
3.
Noah chose Sam first. Circle the feeling Noah might have.
pleasedjealousafraid
4.
Write one sentence giving a view that a different team member might have about Sam being picked first.

Say it out loud: What changed between each row, and what stayed the same?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “Deformity and disability mean exactly the same thing, so you can swap one word for the other in any sentence.”

1.
Disability means a condition that limits what a person can do. Deformity means part of the body has an unusual shape. Write why Kit's sentence is wrong.

E Think deeper4 min

A school corridor with lockers and a bench by a sunlit window, no people

1.
Ali says Auggie should ignore the rude boys. Noah says he should tell a teacher. Build on Noah's idea. Write two sentences: one that agrees with Noah, and one that adds a new point.

How did it feel?

Think about today's talk. Did you change your mind about any view? Did someone build on your idea?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Seeing it from other sides · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. furious If your child picks cross, ask which word sounds most like a storm. Strong feelings sit near the stormy end of the scale.

2. beginning If your child picks ending, point to the first box in the chain. Ask which part of a story comes first.

3. 1 Plan your ideas · 2 Write a first draft · 3 Check your spelling · 4 Share your writing If your child puts sharing first, ask what you need before anyone can read your writing.

B

1. Look for: Two views: Kit may find it funny or not care, Mia may feel sorry for Jay or want to help him. Each view is named separately. If your child gives only one view, ask: how might the child who laughed see it? Then ask how Mia sees the same moment.

C

1. left out If your child picks bored, ask how Sam feels about being chosen last, not how the game feels.

2. glad

3. pleased

4. Look for: One sentence giving a different character's view of the same event, not Sam's feeling again.

D

1. Look for: Says the two words mean different things: disability is a condition that limits what someone can do, while deformity describes body shape, and a difference is not always a disability. If your child agrees with Kit, ask: can someone look different and still do everything they want? Show that the two words describe different things.

E

1. Look for: Two sentences: one that agrees with Noah's idea and one that adds a new point, such as who else could help Auggie or a kind thing a friend could do.

Words to use

Say“Whose view is that? What might the other person feel about the same moment?”

Instead of“Tell them who is right.”

After the sheet

After reading a page of any book together, each person names one character's view of the same moment. Then each person says one thing they agree with from someone else.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

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