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Exclamations:
"You didn't get munched!"
"There's a black dog the size of a tiger outside my house!"

Questions:
"What should I do?"
"Did you know there's a black dog the size of an elephant outside?"

Commands:
"Turn out the lights so it doesn't know we're here!"
"Hide under the covers!"

Statements:
"Everyone was quiet for a while, thinking how brave Small had been."
"The Black Dog followed..."

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Adjective: BLACK used as a describing word for the dog, associations with bad characters.

Verb: DROPPING used to describe the characters shock at seeing the dog, everybody drops something apart from Small Hope.

TREX and TIGER are similes for describing the dog.

Verb: EAT, MUNCH and CRUNCH are words used to describe the dogs actions.

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Decoding: breaking down words into syllables/morphemes/ sounds

Literal comprehension: retrieve info, recall?

Inferential comprehension: deduce/infer/interpret/ predict/empathise?

Critical reading: comment on the writers uses of language, comment on the writers purpose in writing the text, consider the social/historical context, offer a personal opinion on the text.

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Before:
Ask them what they think the book is about after showing them the cover

Has anyone read any books by Levi pinfold before?

After showing them the cover, ask them to create a story board of what they think is going to happen during the story.

During:
Ask them what they would do if the dog was outside their house.

Should Small Hope have gone out of the house? Why?

After:
Ask them to write a different blurb (this blurb is just the opening sentence). Allow them to consider the positives and negatives of the original blurb.

See if the children could write their own story from a different perspective (e.g. from the black dogs perspective)

What is the moral of the story?

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Different colour schemes on different pages. Blue with dad, orange with mum etc.

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Use of different grammar, including ellipses, exclamation marks and semi colons

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When the black dog is big, his actions are in capital letters. For example, the words SNUFFED and BREATHED

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Uses of different verbs (doing words) which are more suitable to older readeers

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Has an underlying message about facing your fear and the smallest character is the bravest

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Emphasis on the dog as he takes up the whole page and his actions are in capital letters

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Colourful images with the child as the main focus in a bright yellow coat

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The name of the main character is small hope, therefore showing connotations of the moral of the story: facing your fear

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The font stays the same throughout

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Fiction book and suitable for KS2

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Illustration is really detailed and realistic, not childish

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The repetition means you can predict what is going to be said