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FICTION Contents PAGE Scholastic1. Les Misérables 5 2. Jabberwocky 7 3. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 9 4. Athena and Arachne 11 5. Grasp All, Lose All 13 6. The Moon Metal 15 7. Domingo’s Cat 17 8. The Red-Headed League 19 9. Hou Yi: The Grand Archer 21 10. Odysseus and Telemachus 23 11. Fragments of a Life 25 12. Escaping Sirens and Monsters 27 13. Gulliver’sTravels 29 14. Atalanta’s Race 31 15. A Tale of Space and Time 33

NON-FICTION 1. Body Language Made Simple PAGE 2. Just How Smart are Animals? Scholastic 3. Trapped in Time 35 4. Solving Crime 37 5. What Killed the Dinosaurs? 39 6. The Great Fire of London 41 7. The Volcano That Shook the World 43 8. Invasive Species 45 9. Foods with a Difference 47 10. Leonardo da Vinci Applies for a Job 49 11. Elementary, My Dear Watson 51 12. Recycling: A System That Works! 53 13. Wangari Maathai Nobel Lecture 55 14. Navigators and Maps 57 15. Who Needs Maths and Science? 59 61 63

Level 9 • Fiction • Card 1 Date: Rating: HIGHER Summarise the text in your own words. Write down some new words you learned and look up their meanings. Scholastic New Words Meaning © 2021 Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd What are some sentences you found interesting? 1. 5 2. 3.

Your reflectionsScholastic Describe a © 2021 Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd character from the story. What do you like / dislike about them? Describe the setting. What impact does the setting have on the story? What do you think the author wanted to achieve? Are they successful? Does this story remind you of any others? Why? 6

Level 8 • Fiction • Card 15 Date: Rating: HIGHER Summarise the text in your own words. Write down some new words you learned and look up their meanings. Scholastic New Words Meaning © 2021 Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd What are some sentences you found interesting? 1. 33 2. 3.

Your reflectionsScholastic Describe a © 2021 Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd character from the story. What do you like / dislike about them? Describe the setting. What impact does the setting have on the story? What do you think the author wanted to achieve? Are they successful? Does this story remind you of any others? Why? 34

Level 9 • Non-fiction • Card 15 Date: Rating: HIGHER Summarise the text in your own words. Write down some new words you learned and look up their meanings. Scholastic New Words Meaning © 2021 Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd What are some sentences you found interesting? 1. 63 2. 3.

Your reflectionsScholastic What is the © 2021 Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd purpose of this text? How is it achieved? How is this text relevant to you? What else do you already know about this topic? What has the text inspired you to find out more about? 64