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Clarifying/Declunking<br />
High jump, long jump – 1<br />
1. Understanding the meaning of words will help you understand the text better. Find<br />
out and write a meaning of each word.<br />
(a) gazelle<br />
(b) fussy<br />
(c) vertical<br />
(d) height<br />
(e) stray<br />
(f)<br />
athletics<br />
(g) sprint<br />
2. What does the sentence ‘He flew over the bar as if his feet had wings’ mean?<br />
Tick (✔) an answer.<br />
• He was moving very quickly and jumped quite high.<br />
• He jumped wearing shoes with wings painted on them.<br />
3. Find another word or phrase in the text you don’t understand.<br />
Copy it be<strong>low</strong> then find out what it means. Write the meaning be<strong>low</strong>.<br />
4. Why do you think the bar was called the ‘crossbar’?<br />
5. Read these sentences from the text: ‘It’s because I jump over the fence around my<br />
home, instead of opening the gate’.<br />
Draw a picture to help you create an image in your mind of this idea.<br />
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