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Year 5 Autumn 2 Reading Challenge

Miss Akhtar

Welcome back, Year 5! Have a go at your Reading challenge for this term.

Bronze Challenge: How many festivals are mentioned in the introduction? Which adjective is used to describe the tomatoes at the Tomatina?

Silver Challenge: . Use a dictionary to find the meaning of the adjective in question 2. Find two differences between the carnival in Tenerife and the carnival in Cádiz.

Gold Challenge: How many festivals are mentioned in the introduction? Why do you think people in in Valencia make such elaborate figures and then burn them?

All: Which is your favourite festival among the ones mentioned in the text and why?

22 responses to “Year 5 Autumn 2 Reading Challenge”

  1. Ravi P.

    Bronze
    There are 10 festivals mentioned in the text and the adjective is ripe for the tomato Tomatina fight

  2. Harrison S.

    Bronze
    There are 10 festivals mentioned in the introduction.
    The adjective used is ripe.
    Silver
    Ripe means ready to harvest or eat.
    At the carnival in Tenerife thousands of people parade and dance through the streets in fancy dress.
    At the carnival in Cadiz groups of people wear identical costumes and make up witty songs.
    Gold
    There are 10 festivals mentioned in the introduction.
    I think that they make elaborate figures to burn because they compete against each other.
    My favourite festival is La Feria de Abril in Sevilla because they do dancing and have fairgrounds.

  3. Adam O.

    Bronze:
    There are 10 festivals mentioned in the introduction.
    The adjective is ripe.
    Silver:
    Ripe means developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating.
    The main differencs are that the Tenerife elect a queen and they burry a giant sardine
    While the Cadiz wear identical dresses and make fun of the contemporary news.
    Gold:
    There are 10 festivals mentioned in the introduction.
    They burn the puppets because they represent people who they do not like.

  4. Mojirolaoluwa S.

    Bonzen
    There are 6 mentionel in the inlordeutoin
    silver

  5. Ianis-Andrei D.

    Bronze:
    There is 10 festiveal in the text.
    The adjective in the tomatoes fight is ripe.
    Silver:
    Ripe=full grown and ready to eat.
    In Tenerife they wear fancy dresses while in Cadis they wear funny clothes.
    Gold:
    10 festiveal.
    they make such elaborate figures because they want to compete against each.

  6. Sabiha K.

    Bronze
    There are 10 festivals mentioned in the text:
    1. La Feria de Abril
    2. Las Fallas
    3. The Tomatina Tomato Fight
    4. Romeria del Rocio
    5. Sanfermanes
    6. Tenerife
    7. Águilas
    8. Nochebuena
    9. Nochevija
    10. Cabalgata de Reyes
    11. Cádiz
    The adjective is ripe.

    Silver
    They’re different because in Tenerife the Burial of the Sardine is another special day when participants come dressed up as “widows” of the sardine. In Cádiz processions, concerts, comedians, puppet theatre and fireworks aswell as spontaneous singing on the street.

    Gold
    There are 10 festivals mentioned.
    I think they do this to celebrate something important and special.

  7. Arfa S.

    Bronze
    There are 10 festival’s mentioned in the introduction.
    The adjective for tomatoes at the tomatina is ripe.

    Silver
    Ripe is a fruit or grain developed to the point of readiness for harvesing and eating ( a tomato ripe )
    The differences are that carnival ot santa cruz de tenerife is the second most famouse carnival after the one in Brazil and the carnival celebrations in cadiz where identical costumes and make up witty songs thar either criticise or make fun of contemporarty news.

    Gold
    There are 10 fesivals.
    Puppets or dolls called ninots and elaborate structers called fallas are built to ( compete againts each other )

  8. Yoshita P.

    Bronze
    There are 10 festivals mentioned in the introduction.
    The adjective that describes tomatoes at the Tomatina is ripe.
    Silver
    The meaning of the adjective ripe is fully grown and ready to be eaten.
    the carnival in Tenerife is celebrated in the city of Santa Cruz and it bears a strong resemblance in Brazil and the carnival in Cádiz From “Quasimodo Sunday” until “Piñata Sunday” the Cádiz carnival dominates the town and injects an explosive dose of color, music, and culture to the placid routine of a small provincial city and The normally laid-back atmosphere is immediately transformed into one huge street party.

  9. Mrs Khan

    Year 5, you know that these challenges should be done in homework books. Please present them neatly and have a go at all of them. The best one will win a prize at the end of the half term.

  10. Nma M.

    Bronze:
    1. 10 festivals are mentioned in the introduction.
    2. The adjective is ripe for the tomato celebration in Spain.
    Silver:
    1. Ripe means fruit or grain – or it could also be about harvesting and eating.
    2. Cadiz carnival wears fun clothes and is centred to on music due to that it’s a carnival leading to celebrations. Tenerife is the capital of the Canary Islands, and in the Tenerife celebration they wear fancy dresses, suits and stuff like that.
    Gold:
    1. There are 10 festivals mentioned.
    2. They made such elaborate figures to burn them because they wanted to compete.

  11. Meena B.

    Bronze:
    There are 10 festivals mentioned.
    The adjective that described the tomatoes are ripe.
    Silver:
    Ripe- harvesting and eating.
    The first difference between the Carnivals is that the carnival in Tenerife lasts for around a month and the carnival in Cadiz lasts for 11 days.
    The second difference between the Carnivals is that in Carnival Tenerife you have to wear pretty and fancy dresses. In Carnival Cadiz you can wear costumes and whatever you want.
    Gold:
    There were 10 festivals mentioned in the introduction.
    Maybe it’s something they do in their tradition.
    AII: My favourite is All Saints Day, because you get to visit the cemetery and maybe get reminded of maybe your passed loved ones.

  12. Safa S.

    sliver:
    ripe= It means harvesting and eating.
    Tenerife wear fancy dresses
    carnival are the compersas and chirgotas
    bronze:
    There are 10 festivals
    the adjective is ripe

  13. Hussein H.

    Bronze
    There are 11 festivals mentioned in the introduction.
    The word the author used to describe tomatoes is the word ripes.
    Silver
    Ripe-ready to the point were it’s sutible for eating and haversting.
    The difference is that one where’s fancy clothes but on the other hand one were identical clothes.
    Gold
    11 festivals are mentioned.
    it was natural that the people began to burn figurines depicting persons and events of the past year.

  14. Sayda A.

    gold there are 10 festivels in the introduction because it s a very imporant trantion or maybe a scarifiest so they can make new puppets
    my favourite festival was the tenerife because its a big event and sound fun

  15. Sayda A.

    bronze
    there are 10 differant festivals in the introdution the adjective is ripe which means fress and ready
    silver
    ripe-ready for harvesting and eating mature of age full grown the carnivel tenerife they have to wear fancy dress and a carnival queen gets crowended they wear simllear cloths and sing whitty songs

  16. Yahya K.

    BRONZE:
    There are 11 festivals in the introduction.
    The adjective used to describe the word tomatoes is the word ripe.
    SILVER:
    Ripe means ready to eat or harvest.
    The difference between the festivals held in Tenerife and Càdiz is that in Tenerife they dress up in fancy dresses whereas in Càdiz they wear identical clothes.
    GOLD:
    There are 11 festivals mentioned in the introduction.
    I think this is because it is a tradition.
    ALL:
    My favourite festival is the tomato fight as it sounds fun.

  17. Muhammed K.

    Bronze
    There are11 Spanish festivals.
    The adjective that describes tomatoes is ripe .
    Silver
    ripe= developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating.
    The Tenerife wear candy cloths but the Càdis wear identical costumes

  18. Amelia A.

    Bronze; 1. There is 10 Spanish festivals.
    2. The adjective of tomatoes are ripe

  19. Amina J.

    BRONZE:
    There are 11 Spanish festivals mentioned.
    The adjective that describes the tomatoes is ripe.
    SILVER:
    Ripe=developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating.
    The Tenerife wear fancy dresses however the Cádiz wear identical costumes.
    The Tenerife chose a carnival queen but the Cádiz make whitty songs that either criticise or make fun of contemporary news.
    GOLD:
    There are 11 Spanish festivals mentioned.
    I think that because they might do it for tradition.

  20. Marwah K.

    Bronze: there are 10 Spanish festivals
    The adjective that describes the tomatoes is ripe

    Sliver:
    Agulias means eagles in English
    Sevilianas meaning in English is sevillians and is an adjective
    Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the rival to cádiz
    But only cádiz’s festival plays more music than Tenerife

  21. Alzahra R.

    BRONZE:
    1. there are 10 festivals in the introduction
    2. the adjective is ripe
    SILVER:
    ripe = the point of readiness for harvesting and eating.
    1. The Cadiz Carnival has its considerable differences with the one held in Tenerife.
    2. It is considered the second most important most popular and internationally known carnival, after the one held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

  22. Maryam M.

    Bronze :
    1.There are 10 festivals in the introduction .
    2.The adjective is ripe.
    Silver:
    Ripe – for harvesting and eating .
    Two differences are that the carnival of Tenerife is the second famous carnival and that the carnival of Cadiv is not and the second difference is that the people in Tenerife wear fancy dresses and the people of Cadiv wear identical costumes .

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