review of the wedding

review

The Wedding
Written by Roderick Hunt • Illustrated by Alex Brychta

Reviewed by Laila V. (age 5)


The book is about a wedding. A family is getting ready for the wedding.

I like the book because in the summer maybe I?m going to a wedding, and the book makes me think about that. I liked Wilma the best. She is getting ready to be the flower girl in the wedding. Wilma?s mom and grandmother make the dress. The family plays a joke on Wilma?s brother, and it?s really funny. I like the pictures when they are at the wedding, because the people in the family are all dressed up.

I would recommend this book to my friends because the pictures are pretty and I like the words, too.

The wedding

Wilf and Wilma go to a wedding.


This story practises these words:

be been came don't had help(ed) his
made not put sister them there took
want what will

The wedding

Jo was Mum's sister.
She was getting married.

Wilma was happy.
She wanted to be a bridesmaid.

Wilf was unhappy.
He didn't want to be a pageboy.

The grandparents came. They
came for the wedding.

"What a journey!" they said.

Mum made Wilma's dress.
Grandmother helped.

Wilf looked at the material.
"Oh no!" he thought.

Grandmother made the cake.
Wilma put a bride and groom on it.

"It's wonderful,"said Jo.

Wilma's dress was finished. Biff and chip
came to see it.

"I like weddings," said chip.
"I don't," said wilf.

Jo took Wilf's measurements. She gave
them to mum.

Wilf was unhappy. He didn't
want to be a pageboy.

Mum had been shopping.

She had a surprise for Wilf.
"What is it?" asked Wilf.

"It's a suit,"said Mum.
" You're not a pageboy," said Jo.

"It was a joke," said grandmother.

It was the day of the wedding.

Dad made a video. Biff took a photograph.

Wild like his suit. He was glad he wasn't
a pageboy.

He was happy. Everyone was happy.

There was a big party. Everyone danced.

"I like weddings," said Wilf.

"Will you get married?"asked Wilf.
"I don't know," said Wilma.



~the end~
195 words count

Level 3, 4 and 5 reader

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A level 3 reader can .....

 Make sense of what you are reading
 Find information and ideas in a text
 Work out what the author meant by deduction. Deduction means you use evidence in the text to understand what the author is telling you.
 Understand why a text is organised in a particular way
 Say something about the vocabulary and style that an author has used
 Say something about how a text makes you feel
 Link what you read to your own personal experiences
 Support your answers with evidence or examples from the text


A level 4 reader can .....


 Identify important details in the text
 Make sense of what you are reading
 Find information and details in a text
 Work out what the author means by inference and deduction. Deduction means you use evidence in the text to understand what the author is telling you. Inference means you use your own knowledge and understanding in the text to come to a conclusion which is behind the information the author has given you. Some people say this is reading between the lines.
 Explain why a text is organised in a particular way
 Say something about the vocabulary and style that an author has used
 Say something about how a text makes you feel
 Make comparisons of events in the text to events in your own life. (Use your own similar personal experiences in an answer.)
 Support your answers with evidence and examples from the text


A level 5 reader can .....


 Identify important details in the text and recognise changes in mood or atmosphere
 Make deductions about the characters, their emotions and motives
 Identify the author’s point of view from which a story is being told or an argument is made
 Recognise how the author uses different techniques to influence the way a reader thinks – e.g. keeping information hidden or presenting opinions as fact
 Compare and comment on different parts of a text
 Analyse how successfully the author evokes feelings, such as sympathy or suspense, through careful vocabulary choices (such as similes) and sentence types
 Identify different text types and their purpose and language features
 Compare and contrast different texts
 Use more than one source of information to support an answer – e.g. extracting information from a chart, table or diagram and comparing it with the text
 Express a personal preference or opinion supported by examples from the text. This means you must be able to explain your opinions or ideas about something and prove you’re right by giving examples from the text



Which ones can you...???

Poor old mum!

Wilma's mum runs in a race.



This story practises these words:


came
first
good
had
jump
last
old
put
were
what

Poor old mum!

It was sports day.

Wilma was in the long jump.

She came first.

Wilf and Chip were in a race. They came second.

"Hooray!" shouted Kipper.

Dad was in the egg and spoon race. He came third.

"Well done, Dad," shouted Wilf.

Mum was in a race.

"Oh no!" said Wilma.

Mum came last.

"Poor old Mum," said Wilf.

Mum was disappointed.

"What a shame!" said Dad.

Dad put a blindfold on Mum.

Wilf and Wilma had a surprise.

"Good old Mum," said everyone.



~ the end ~

84 words count

i ride a bicycle to school today

i ride a bicycle to school today despite it is gonna rain...

bicycle

i can ride bicycle.

last friday i ride on my bike to school.

me

The Storm

The storm blows down the tree down.


This story practises these word:

bed
came
door
down
good
help(ed)

her
home
house
put
school
time
tree
want(ed)
what

The Storm

Wilf and Wilma came to play to the house.
They came to play.

The children went outside.
They climbed the tree.

They looked in the tree house.
"What a mess!" said Biff.

Dad helped the children. He
mended the roof.

Biff and Wilma mended the door.

Chip and Wilf painted the
tree house.

Wilf painted the door. Chip
painted the walls.

The tree house looked good. The
children put things inside.

They had a party in the tree
house.

It was bedtime. Biff was in her
room.

Biff looked outside. There was
a storm.

It was time for school. Wilf and
Wilma came.

"What a storm!" said Mum.

The wind blew.
The rain came down.

"What a storm!" said Mrs May.

It was time to go home. The mums and dads came.

"What a wind!" they said.

"Oh no!" said Biff.
The tree was down.

"What a mess!" said Kipper.

The children climbed on the tree.
Floppy barked and barked.

Floppy found something.
It was a box.

Everyone looked at the box.
Mum opened it.

They found a key inside.

Chip wanted the box.
He put it in his room.



~ The End ~

190 words count

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House for sale
The new house
Come in!
The Secret Room
The Play
The Storm

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Nobody get wet
the weather vane
poor old mum!
the wedding
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