Captivating Stories from Reading for Meaning Booklet Series
Dive into a collection of intriguing stories such as "The Store Detective," "Biker Boys and Girls," "Bright Lights Big City," and "Chimps Go Ape in Zoo." Follow engaging narratives filled with mystery, adventure, and excitement that will keep you hooked till the last page.
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S3/N4 Reading for Meaning Booklet Answers
Contents 3 The Store Detective 10 The Store Detective II 16 Biker Boys and Girls 21 Biker Boys and Girls II 28 Bright Lights Big City 36 Bright Lights Big City II 42 Chimps Go Ape in Zoo 49 Chimps Go Ape in Zoo II 56 Ghoul Vibrations 61 Ghoul Vibrations II 67 In The Driving Seat 73 In The Driving Seat II 80 Labyrinth 86 Labyrinth II 92 Surfing 100 Surfing II 107 The Application 113 The Application II 120 Sherlock Holmes 126 Sherlock Holmes II
Blend in/Become invisible Be observant/reference to spy [2] (1) (2a)Kids: they wore clothing that was too big/loose and could (easily) hide things in it. Well-dressed gentlemen: their overcoats/briefcases were good for hiding things. [2]
(2b) To show the variety/ wide range of (potential) shoplifters OR To show that anyone could be a shoplifter OR To show that it is not just young people [2] (3) Shows that there were lots of them, they spread quickly/widely and/or They were unwanted/a nuisance [2]
He picked up a wire basket Pretended to be a shopper Took an interest in the produce [2] (4) . Sentence structure long/ punctuated as succession of phrases (list) Word choice use of verbs suggests amount of action Imagery public described as an entity [2] (5)
. (6a) Holding /touching/thumbing the avocadoes [2] (there was) something in her movements that was very tense [1] (6b)
. (7) He pretended to be a (puzzled) man Looking for his wife/ a man who had lost his wife [2] Word choice Use of a /an /one/individual/solitary [2] Each item is given a sentence on its own [2] (8)
(9a) Both pay for/declare something In the hope of getting away with stolen/ valuable goods. [2] (9b) An amateur tactic OR It was easy conscience / who wanted to be caught [1]
Because you find out that he had guessed correctly about the seed packets. [2] (1) Surprised you don t expect a shoplifter to want to be arrested Intrigued you want to know why she said before I do anything worse Not Surprised the woman has already shown signs of odd behaviour Sympathetic she looked upset/ distressed [2] (2)
(3) He wondered if people would think they were a couple shopping He avoided going through the office area/went up the back stairs so she would not be seen /embarrassed [2] (4) Very small table/only one chair/ which is an upright one/ the window is barred (like a cell possibly dark) / the only outlook is the fire escape / wall- mounted telephone [2]
(5) He says it was just absent- mindedness. / You intended to pay for these. [2] (6) Either as if her head might explode or it ripped out of her prisoner for years Appropriate comment on intensity of image [2]
(7) He was always in the garden The garden is now abandoned Her husband is dead She is experiencing financial hardship. [2] (8) Because the pictures on the packet Remind her of her husband/ his garden [2]
(9) Let her go sympathy established plus appropriate reference /example Charge her concern for his job plus appropriate example [2] (10) The woman s husband he was never around/always in the garden/ (although dead) still affects her life OR Imaginary the invisible man who shakes the woman violently [2]
- Keep going when the rider does not touch the throttle - Driven by left hand only - Don t fall over Any two - must be an attempt to use own words. [2] (1) (2) Technique Evidence Comparison Informal tone Ref. To modern bikes Zoom around to your heart s content Use of second person Take your hand/ you can zoom/ to your heart s content Take your hand/ round/ your Repetition Chicago cops Use of illustration
(3) Tornado suggests speed/ idea of going round and round/ danger/ power The Black Baron suggests mystery/ death/ menace/ use of alliteration linked to catchy name (or similar) [2] (4a) Ref. to lions Ref. to cutting engine Ref. to roller skates Ref. to skeleton Ref. To flames [4]
-Need for more spectacular tricks (gloss of had to have one stunt better than the other ) -Competition from neighbouring attractions (gloss of competing side by side ) -To thrill/scare spectators (gloss of causing the audience to gasp -To exaggerate the danger (4b) [2] (5) Wrongly applied name No fatal accidents (on British walls) [2]
Technical term/name used by (or quote from) riders [2] (6) (7) Ref. to Luke s (total) dedication Ref. to Luke and Kerri s partnership . Ref. to young Alex raring for his first go . [3]
(1) fed up (or similar) with her current job. [2] (2) She says it sounds fun when it is dangerous/ people try to stop themselves getting killed. [2]
(3) Not relevant for what she wanted to do/don t need academic qualifications to be a wall of death rider. [2] (4a) Word Choice fantastic/unbelievable/the best Relevant connotations. [2]
(4b) Sentence Structure short sentences/ minor sentences plus relevant comment. [2] (5) - Gloss of skeletal (e.g. very basic or lightweight structure/frame of vehicle - - Gloss of driving within six inches of the safety wire e.g. getting very close to the audience. - Gloss of 20 shows a day e.g. so many performances Any two [2]
(6) - attract/speak to/excite the crowd/audience [2] (7) Suggests coins falling down into the ring Suggests a lot/number of coins [2]
(8) To encourage donations/money. [1] (9) Ref. to speed Ref. to nature of movement Ref. to expertise [2]
(1) (buildings coated in velvet-deep) soot / charcoal-coloured (statues) ash-grey (walls) /general comment on dirty or dark features [2] (2) my face brushing against the tweedy coats of strangers [2]
(3) parenthesis/extra information to show writer does not agree/it is mother s opinion. [2] (4) beard lop-sided/at an angle gloss on squinty elastic too long/does not fit gloss on elastic stretched too far. [2]
(5) shoved her/lifted her up/placed her (on his knee). [2] (6) (miniature) butcher stools / whatever they were for / (little pink) cutlery set [2]
(7) ref to uncertainty (gloss on Whatever they were for ) positive reaction (gloss on lovely )/ could not believe she was allowed to keep it (gloss on It took mine ) [2] (8) high up/looking down/above the lights and bells. [2]
(9) - nothing was bought (apart from food). - they had come for the lights (not to buy things). [2] (10) natural /number/movement/sound. [2]
(11) - mother had to pull her away/ ref to All the way back / - sister was right or would not have imagined it/ref to magic [2] (12) - gloves were dirty - experience of the birds [2]
(13) - (still) feeds birds at Christmas first thing. [2]
(1) Special link with Christmas/identified Glasgow with Christmas/when she thought of Glasgow she thought of Christmas/important event/ or similar idea. [2] (2) lived at seaside did not swim OR appreciated beauty broke ornaments [2]
(3) alliteration/list plus a relevant comment. [2] (4) dazzle/warmth of crowds/ (snowy) shop displays/ cheer/ hundreds of trees/lights. [3]
(5) rolling her eyes Our town is a dump / (We ve only a) daft wee tree [2] (6) ref to made to dress up/ mother cleaning her face with spit or hurting her face/ warning her about gloves [2]
(7) paragraph on its own/sentence on its own/short sentence. [2] (8) Could see very little (gloss on our view was strips / visible in glimpses ) Due to dirty windows (gloss on filthy / through grime ) [2]
(9) big enough for trains to roll right inside / high as cliffs / pigeons indoors / clock the size of our bathroom [2] (10) metaphor/simile/alliteration/assonance Plus relevant comments. [4]
(1) Outside/on the other side of the glass from the chimp enclosure at the zoo. [2] (2) eating boiled egg/travelling in ship/reference to snooty gesture [2]
(3) reference to stops what he is doing/reference to change in facial expression/reference to goes back to eating. [2] (4) - enclosure state-of-the-art / air- conditioned / cost 5.6 million pounds / - luxury / largest chimp enclosure in the world / - higher standard of living than most humans [3]
(5) active: longest OR (most) intricate climbing frame safe: moat [2] (6) ordinary/house (millionaire s) mansion [2]
(7) They can study the chimps in an environment similar to the wild. [2] (8) Proud: gloss of he helped design enclosure e.g. involved in planning Delighted: gloss of realised so spectacularly e.g. worked out so well/dream came true OR reference to public reaction [2]
(9) (cartoon) game / children learn chimp gestures / kids will be running around, touching everything [2] (10) Very enthusiastic He was model for cartoon game/he demonstrates chimp movements for writer/reference to as they should [2]
(11) Link with conservation work/research into threats to chimps in the Budongo Forest/Uganda. [2] (12) Gloss on habitat destruction e.g. homes disappearing and Gloss on traps set for bush meat e.g. hunted for food [2]
(1) To tell apart. [1] (2a) personalities /reference to personality traits (glossy monthly) magazine / reference to profile/status [2]
(2b) to get people interested in them/to identify with them/to attract visitors. [2] (3) Alliteration. [1]
