The Dare: Judith Nicholls
The Dare: Judith Nicholls
The Dare: Judith Nicholls
JUDITH NICHOLLS
A. Read the clues on the IWB and find the answers in the poem, to complete the crossword below.
1 2 4
5 7 8
10
11
12
13
2. What was the narrator’s first reaction, when the bullies dared her? (1 mark)
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3. Quote two phrases to show why the narrator had to avoid the place. (2 marks)
a) _____________________________________________________________________________
b) _____________________________________________________________________________
4. What made the narrator change her mind and do the dare? Quote a phrase to support your answer.
(2 marks)
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5. Onomatopoeia is when a word is formed to associate a sound with its name e.g. hiss.
a) Find a word in stanza 3 that is an example of onomatopoeia? (1 mark) _____________________
b) Can you write another two onomatopoeic words? (2 marks)
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b) _________________ _________________
c) _________________ _________________
A. Below are thirteen words taken from the poem. Your challenge is to complete the crossword as fast
possible, by first reading the clues on the IWB and then by choosing the answers from the list of
words below. The first one has been done for you as an example. Are you up for it? (6 marks)
2 4
1
W
3
R
5 7 8
A
6
T
10
H
9
11
12
13
2. What were the narrator’s first thoughts, when the bullies dared her? (2 mark)
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3. Write a phrase from stanzas 3 or 4 to show that the place was dangerous. (1 mark)
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4. What made the narrator change her mind and do the dare, what her mother said or what her father
said?
Quote a verse to support your answer. (2 marks)
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5. Onomatopoeia is when a word is formed to associate a sound with its name e.g. hiss.
a) Which of these three words are onomatopoeic words? (1 mark)
jeers / bobbing / oozing
3
R
5 7 8
A
6
T
10
H
9
11
12
13
DOWN:
ACROSS:
R A 3
W A V E R E D
5
C 7
O M M A N D E D
8
A
6
S C O R N T K A S
Z H S R 10
J P
I 9
S T E E P I
11
F L A N K E D E N
12
G U L L S R G
13
D Y K E S