Loudmouth Louis - Primary Resources



Chapter One.

1. What did Josh do to the car door?

2. Who did Josh know that was performing at the theatre?

3. What kind of dancing did Josh’s sister do?

4. What was the name of the theatre?

5. What does ‘dress rehearsal’ mean?

Capital letters and full stops

Put in all the capital letters and full stops.

josh got out of the car and slammed the door just as if he’s paid his mum to drive him with his nose held high where his eyes should be, he walked with her to the theatre, and wouldn’t hold hands except for crossing roads he had a swing to his walk which said he knew someone who was acting in the pantomime and he did his sister poppy was one of the peggy smith sunbeams

Fill in the gaps

1. Josh had never been to the before

2. There was just time for a coke and a .

3. It was so big, so , so loud.

4. This was miles better than the telly, Josh .

5. This was a treat.

|Bright Reckoned Theatre Tiddle Treat |

What does the word plague mean? Use a dictionary to help you.

Chapter 2.

Vowels

The letters a,e,i,o, and u are called vowels.

1. Underline the vowels in each of these words.

2. Split each word into two parts and keep vowel in each part.

football foot ball

everyone ____ ______

something ____ ______

thoughtfully ____ ______

toward ____ ______

herself ____ ______

wonderfully ____ ______

Josh and the audience made lots of different noises. Can you unscramble the words to find out the different ways to describe them?

|sghnsii | |

|rceseadm | |

|goonib | |

|dusothe | |

Here are two examples can you find the rest yourself?

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Chapter 3.

1. Why did Josh not want to go back in to watch the rest of the pantomime?

2. How did Josh’s throat feel?

3. Where did Josh’s mum get their coats from?

4. His mum talked to him about pantomimes, what did she tell him the people were doing?

Put these sentences in the correct order. Don’t forget to use capital letters and full stops.

1. Not even the promise of seeing Poppy again could get him through the door.

2. He was like someone who’d just missed having a bad accident.

3. And he never wanted to come to the theatre again, ever.

4. He went on shaking even after he’d stopped crying.

5. There was no going back inside for Josh.

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Chapter 4.

Capital letters and full stops

Put in all the capital letters and full stops.

bit by bit the bar cleared the peggy smith sunbeams came through and found their families, poppy carrying a make-up case like a showbiz star mum and dad hurried over to tell her how she was the best thing in it

1. What kind of animal had frightened the man who played the rat?

2. What did the man treat Jack to?

3. What did the man buy himself to drink?

4. Who did he remind Jack of?

Verbs.

A verb is a doing word.

Underline the verbs in this passage.

The first two have been done for you.

When they got back to the theatre, the pantomime was over. People were waiting in the bar for their children and their friends to come round from behind the stage. Josh wanted to wait outside in the street, but his mum said it was too cold. They found Josh’s Dad who was smiling, all sorry.

Chapter 5.

Josh is taken backstage to the dressing room. Kent Cantwell was showing Josh what the King Rat costume was made of. Can you tell us what it was made of here?

Draw a picture of King Rat.

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Chapter 6.

Capital letters and full stops

Put in all the capital letters and full stops

josh couldn’t wait for monday to come his mum and dad were going to poppy’s first night, and now he was going as well he made up his mind not to spoil it for any other kids in the audience he wouldn’t tell them how king rat was done, how nice the man was inside the rat costume, how he came up on a little tray if they got scared, they got scared it was a chance they’d have to take

1. What row were their seats in?

2. How did Josh’s insides feel?

3. Why did Josh start to feel sorry for the other children during the interval?

4. What happened to Josh’s heart in the second half?

5. What were the little girls in the front row throwing at King Rat?

Josh was very frightened. His heart was thumping and he had a funny pain. Have you ever been frightened? How did it feel? Tell us here:

Chapter 7.

Can you find the following words in the word search:

Hiccups Music

Bandage Smoke

Rat Hankies

King Scene

|H |I |C |C |U |P |S |

|B |R |H |U |P |A |L |

|S |A |A |K |I |N |G |

|M |T |N |L |S |T |S |

|O |S |K |D |K |O |C |

|K |H |I |W |A |I |E |

|E |L |E | |L |G |N |

|M |U |S |I |C |P |E |

Draw a picture of Josh with his special panto present.

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Chapter 8.

1. Why was Bernie always in danger when he was crossing the road?

2. What should you always do before you cross the road?

3. Where does the top class go every year?

4. Who wore a fancy hat and met the Queen?

5. How many dancing princesses are in the show?

6. Who was curtseying beautifully?

7. What is a curtsy?

Can you describe what happened in Chapter 9.

Why did Louis find out so much information? What information did he find out?

Chapter 10.

1. Louis has a new favourite place, where is it?

2. Who didn’t pay their sponsor money? Why do you think they did not pay?

3. Louis saved Bernie’s life, what other good thing did he make happen?

4. How has reading been made easier for Louis?

5. What lesson do you think Louis has learnt by doing his sponsored silence?

Writing a story.

At the beginning of the book Louis did nothing but talk, this annoyed a lot of people. We know that Louis helped to raise money for the school but can you write a short story about the other reasons Louis has decided not to talk too much.

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