Fishing at Night Chapter 5

Category: Fishing at Night

“Ssshhh! I see one, quite still,” whispered Ricki, and he raised his spear, but the flounder must have seen the shadowshadow of the movemoving spear, for it darteded awayaway in a silverysilvery flash.

“It hasIt’s gone! I did notdidn’t get near it at all,” said Ricki. He was so disappointeddisappointed that he spoke out loud. Pete wadedd over to them, wavewaving his torch. “Have you seen any?” Ricki asked him.

“Four or five,” said Pete, “but they arethey’re too quick. Come back to the fire for some new sticks.”

a pile of flounder When they reacheded the biggestbiggest bonfire,bonfire, they stayed a while to watch the other fishermen.fishermen. “I like to watch the movemoving lights,” Mia said, rather glad to be alloweded to speak aloudaloud again.

“Do you think anyoneanyone has caught any?” Tim asked.

“Look at those,” said Pete, pointinging to a small pile of flounders near the fire. “My father and Mr Johnson caught those, but they havethey’ve often been flounder fishingfishing before.before. They areThey’re experts!experts! No one else seems to have any so far.”

Comprehension

Summarise what has happened so far in this narrative.

Clarify these words: disappointed, out loud, waded.

Retell what has happened in this chapter.

Make inferences and give opinions about:

Why Ricki is saying ssshhh.
Why Ricki spoke out loud and why this was a problem.
How they are feeling.
Why they need to go back to the fire.
Why might they have stayed at the biggest bonfire to watch the other fishermen.
Why Mia could speak aloud again.
Why only the adults might have caught some fish.

What prediction can you make about what might happen next?

What question could you ask about this chapter?

Visualise these uses of descriptive language: shadow of the moving spear; darted away in a silvery flash; Pete waded over, waving his torch; I like to watch the moving lights.

Make a connection with this chapter.

Word Study

Verb endings: What happens when we add s, ed or ing to: raise, move, speak, wade, wave, see, come, catch.

Other affixes: What happens when we add other prefixes and suffixes like dis, y, est to these words: appoint, silver, big.

What two words make up these compound words: away, bonfire, fishermen, aloud, again, anyone.

What two words are contracted here: it's, didn't, they're, they've.

How are these two words homonyms: allowed, aloud.