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Contents Billy‘s Sunflower..............................................................3 A story by Nicola Moon So Many Sunflowers!......................................................14 Vincent Van Gogh..................................................15 Information about the artist Making a Paper Sunflower.................................18 Instructions

Useful words wrinkled droopy autumn withered gust 2

3 Billy‘s Sunflower By Nicola Moon Practice questions A What did Billy grow from a seed? a daisy a rose a sunflower a buttercup B How tall was Billy’s sunflower? .............................................................................................................................................................. C Who else was in the story with Billy? Tick 3 Ben ____ Mum ____ Laura ____ Dan ____ Dad ____ Louise ____ Billy had a beautiful sunflower that he’d grown from a seed. It was taller than Billy. It was taller than his big sister Laura. It was taller than his mum. It was even taller than his dad. Every day Billy looked at its bright green leaves. Every day he admired its golden yellow petals. Every day he looked up at its tall straight stem. “My flower is as tall as the sky,” he told his friends.

1 How had the leaveschanged? They weren’t quite They didn’t seem so straight. so big. They didn’t seem They weren’t quite so bright. so golden. 2 What did Billy ask Dad? .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 One day Billy noticed something different about his flower. The bright green leaves didn’t seem so bright. The golden yellow petals weren’t quite so golden. And the tall straight stem wasn’t quite so straight. “What’s wrong with my flower?” he asked Dad. “Perhaps it needs water,” said Dad, as he rushed off to work. So Billy watered his flower.

5 But the next day it was worse. The bright green leaves were wrinkled and droopy. The golden yellow petals were turning brown. And the tall straight stem had bent over at the top. Billy looked up at his sad, brown sunflower. 3 Which part of the sunflower was turning brown? .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Which part of the sunflower had bent over at the top? the stem the roots the petals the leaves

5 Why did Billy want to find out about autumn? because Laura was because he was playing with her friends worried about his flower because it was because the days were cold becoming shorter 6 What did the girls tell Billy about autumn? Write 2things. 1 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6 “What’s wrong with my flower?” he asked Laura. “It’s autumn,” said Laura, and ran off to play with her friends. “What is autumn?” Billy asked the girls. Sally said, “It’s when leaves turn brown.” “And days become shorter,” said Clare. “And flowers die,” said Laura.

7 Why did Billy run inside to Mum? He was too cold He wanted to show to stay outside. Mum the flower. He didn’t have He was upset any friends. about autumn. 8 How did Mum help Billy? Write 2things. 1 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2 ........................................................................................................................................................................... Billy ran indoors to Mum. “My flower’s got autumn and it’s getting shorter and turning brown and Laura says it’s going to die!” he cried. Mum dried his tears. “Autumn is when the world gets ready for winter,” she explained. “The winter would be too cold and dark for your flower.” Billy felt really sad. “I don’t think I like autumn,” he said. 7

He went out to look at his flower. It looked even more withered and brown, and the old sad flower was drooping down. “I don’t want you to die,” said Billy. A gust of wind rustled in the dying leaves, as if the flower was trying to speak. Then Billy felt something. PLOP! Something landed on his head. PLOP! There it was again. PLOP! PLOP! And again and again. “My flower is raining!” cried Billy. “My flower is raining SEEDS!” 8

9 9 What do these words tell you about the flower? ............................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Which words tell you Billy cared about his flower? “I don’t want you “My flower is to die.” raining!” Something landed The flower was trying on his head. to speak. 1 1 Why did Billy think the flower was trying to speak? It started to rain. Mum called him. The wind rustled He could hear the leaves. Laura talking. 12 Why did Billy say “My flower is raining!”? He wanted to water The seeds were the flower. falling like rain. It had started He didn’t want his to rain. flower to die. brown sad drooping

13 Why did Billy run to find Mum and Dad and Laura? to show them because he the seeds felt sad because he was to show them getting wet the birds 14 What did Billy keep? .............................................................................................................................................................................. 10 He ran indoors to find Mum and Dad and Laura. They collected up a big bag of seeds. “We can put them on the bird table, when winter comes,” said Mum. “The birds will be hungry in the cold weather.” “Not all the seeds,” said Billy, picking out five of the biggest shiniest seeds. “I’m going to keep these ones.” When the winter came, Billy watched the birds flocking to the bird table to eat the seeds from his flower.

11 And when the winter had gone at last, he took his five special seeds and planted them carefully in the garden. “I’m going to grow the tallest sunflowers in the world!” said Billy. “Taller than Dad?” asked Laura. “Taller than anyone,” said Billy. 15 This story is both sad and happy. Explain why. It is sad because ...................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................. It is happy because ................................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................................................................. 16 What did Billy find out about sunflowers? Tick 3things. Sunflowers stay ____ Sunflowers turn brown ____ green in winter. in autumn. Sunflower seeds ____ Sunflower stems are ____ are shiny. always straight. A sunflower will ____Birds like to eat____ never die. sunflower seeds.

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13 Useful words famous decorate information instructions

Practice questions A What is the name of the artist you will read about? ............................................................................................................................................................................. B What are the instructions for? 14 In the story, Billy had fun growing a sunflower in his garden. Now you are going to read two sets of information. First you will read about an artist called Vincent Van Gogh who was famous for his pictures of sunflowers. Then you will find some instructions about how to make a paper sunflower. making a newspaper making a paper poppy making a paper sunflower making a cake So Many Sunflowers!

17 What was Vincent Van Gogh? .............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 When was Vincent alive? he is still alive today ten years ago last year 15 more than a hundred years ago Self Portrait 1886–1887 Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers, 1889 Vincent Van Gogh was an artist who lived more than a hundred years ago. He painted pictures of himself, and the people and places around him. Vincent also painted flowers, and he loved painting sunflowers. Vincent Van Gogh

16 19 Who did Vincent paint the sunflowers for? his mother his friend his teacher his father 20 What did Paul do that tells you he liked Vincent’s paintings? .............................................................................................................................................................................. Vincent painted pictures of sunflowers to decorate his house when his friend Paul was coming to stay. Paul painted a picture of Vincent at work, painting the sunflowers. Paul liked Vincent’s pictures of sunflowers so much that he kept two of the paintings with him. He even ordered some sunflower seeds so he could grow some sunflowers for himself. Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, 1888 Painting for Friends

21 Why was Vincent poor? He was always He gave his buying food. money away. Not many people He sold paintings to bought his paintings. a small museum. 22 How can you tell that people like Vincent’s paintings today? .............................................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................................. 17 When Vincent was alive, he only sold a few drawings and one or two paintings, so he did not have very much money. Sometimes, he even had to stop buying food so he could buy paint, and carry on with his work. Now Vincent’s paintings are on show all over the world and are worth a great deal of money. Van Gogh’s Bedroom, 1889 Starry Night, 1889 Pictures for Sale

M a k in g a P a p e r S u n f lo w e r What you need: a clean paper plate yellow paper green paper glue stick scissorssticky tape seeds a wooden stick petal shape 18 leaf shape

23 What does the list on page 18 tell you? how to play a gamehow to make a paper hat what you need what you need to to make a cake make a paper sunflower 24 What do you need to use? Tick 3things. yellow paper ____ blue paper ____ a cardboard box ____ seeds ____ leaf shape ____ paper clips ____ 19

1 Draw around the petal shape 14 times on the yellow paper and carefully cut out the petals. 2 Make sure your plate is the right way up, then put some glue around the rim. 3 Stick the petals all the way around the rim, making sure they touch each other. 4 Spread some glue over the middle of the flower and stick on your seeds. Do tthis qquickly sso tthe gglue ddoes nnot ddry oout! You can make a pattern if you like. 25 What kind of text is in the boxes? a story a letter instructions labels 26 Why must you stick the seeds on quickly? ............................................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20 What to do:

7 Draw around two or three leaf shapes on green paper and cut them out. 8 Tape the leaf shapes to the stick. 9 When you have finished choose a place for your sunflower where everyone can enjoy looking at it. 5 Leave your sunflower to dry. 6 Turn your sunflower over and tape the wooden stick to the back of the flower. Make sure you use plenty of sticky tape! 27 What are you told to do after you cut the leaf shapes out? ............................................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Why do you think each instruction has a number? to tell you which to make it order to do things look nice to tell you what to help you read you need what it says 21

Billy’s Sunflower© Nicola Moon and illustrated by Karin Littlewood 1997. Published by Little Hippo (Scholastic Limited). Making a Paper Sunfloweradapted from Making Sunflower MosaicsinSeasonal Crafts: Summerby Gillian Chapman. 1997 Wayland. This text has been incorporated into this test paper solely for the purposes of the examination in accordance with section 32(3) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. No copyright clearance for any other use has been obtained or sought. © Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 2003 255720