Children return to school Mon 8th April

Good morning Year 4! Today, I will be reading Chapter 4 of our class novel ‘How To Train Your Dragon’, written and illustrated by Cressida Cowell.

Watch the video below:

Chapter 4

Please answer the questions below:
1) What did they want to call Hiccups dragon?
2) What does ‘smug’ mean?
3) Find an example of an alliteration in the chapter.
4)
What is ‘Bashyball’?

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Hope you enjoyed Chapter 4. I will be reading Chapter 5 on Friday.
Please share your thoughts as a blog comment!

36 responses to “How To Train Your Dragon – Chapter 4”

  1. Nihit N.

    1. They wanted to call Hiccup’s dragon Toothless.

    2. Smug means having or showing excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements.

    3. Terrible toothless terrapin.

    4. Bashyball was a very violent contact sport with lots of contact and very few rules.

  2. Samik S.

    1) What did they want to call Hiccups dragon?
    Toothless
    2) What does ‘smug’ mean?
    having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements.
    3) Find an example of an alliteration in the chapter.
    Terrible toothless teripen
    4) What is ‘Bashyball’?
    It’s volleyball but a lot worse

  3. Saee N.

    I loved it

  4. Hammad A.

    1)they wanted to call Hiccup’s dragon toothless.
    2)smug-having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements.
    3)Snotface Snotlouce.
    4)Bashyball- is a full contact sport using a ball and very little rules.

  5. Asim A.

    I have done it but it is not updated

  6. Moosa K.

    1. Hiccup called his first dragon toothless.
    2. Smug means someone pride and a chienements.
    3.
    .sugar lips
    . baby face
    .sweet time
    4.Bashyball is a full contact sport using a ball and very little rules. It’s a violent physical contact . Hiccup was known during his childhood to be very bad at Bashyball.

    1. Miss Bhangu

      Have you managed to find the alliteration Moosa? Listen carefully so that you can find it.

  7. Faizan R.

    1 toothless .
    2Having an expensive pride .
    3 laugher.
    4 bashyball is a sport.

    1. Miss Bhangu

      Your answer for question 3 does not make any sense Faizan. Can you be more specific please?

  8. Khairy S.

    I like your other story Mrs Bhangu

  9. Khairy S.

    I like your story Mrs Bhangu

  10. Zainab A.

    They wanted to call the dragon toothless
    smug -having or showing an excessive pride or oneself or one achievment
    bashyball is a full contact sports using a ball and every little little rule

    1. Miss Bhangu

      Good start. Can you find the alliteration?

  11. Aysha R.

    1) What did they want to call Hiccups dragon?
    They wanted to call him Toothless
    2) What does ‘smug’ mean?
    Smug – having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements.
    3) Find an example of an alliteration in the chapter.
    Snotface Snotlouce
    4) What is ‘Bashyball’?
    Bashyball is a full contact sport using a ball and very little rules. It is unknown what the goal is for the game, other than violent physical contact. Hiccup was known during his childhood to be very bad at Bashyball, while Snotlout was known to be very good at it.

    1. Miss Bhangu

      Good effort Aysha, well done!
      What do you predict will happen next?
      Can you find the other alliteration?

  12. Muhammad S.

    1:Smug face sprinkle.
    2: Squishy
    3: A copying WORD
    4: A fotboll

    1. Muhammad S.

      3: pride him or her

    2. Miss Bhangu

      This doesn’t make sense. Please try again. Make sure you listen to the video carefully.

  13. Zahra A.

    Thank you for the story

    1. Miss Bhangu

      Answer the questions please Zahra.

      1. Zahra A.

        Hiccup called his dragon tooless
        Sumg

      2. Zahra A.

        Hiccup called his dragon tooless
        smug means someone go

  14. Muhammed A.

    They called his dragon toothless.
    Having or showing an excessive pride in ourself or ones achievement.
    Terrible Toothless Teripen.
    Using a small ball and little rules.

    1. Miss Bhangu

      Well done for finding the alliteration Umar.
      What do you predict will happen next?

  15. Jaydon C.

    (1) toothless or night fury.
    (2) having a lot of pride in him/her self.
    (3)bashyball is volleyball.

    1. Miss Bhangu

      Which one Jaydon? Toothless or night fury?
      Make sure you listen to the whole chapter to find the correct answer to question 1.
      What are the rules of bashyball? Is it a safe sport?

  16. Muhammad S.

    i love it

    1. Miss Bhangu

      I’m glad! What do you particularly like about this book?
      Can you answer the questions next.

  17. Mosaver M.

    They wanted to name his dragon toothless.
    Having or showing an excessive pride in one self or ones achievements.
    Bashy Ball is a full contact sport using a ball and very little rules.

    1. Miss Bhangu

      Can you find the alliteration in Chapter 4?
      What do you predict will happen next?

  18. Safa M.

    They wanted to name his dragon toothless after his retractable teeth.
    Having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or ones achievements.
    Bashyball is a full contact sport using a ball and very little rules . It is unknown what the goal is for the game , other than violent physical contact .

    1. Miss Bhangu

      Can you find the alliteration?…
      Does bashyball seem like a good sport? What does the game consist of?

  19. Aaminah A.

    1) What did they want to call Hiccups dragon?
    They wanted to call him Toothless
    2) What does ‘smug’ mean?
    Smug – having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements.
    3) Find an example of an alliteration in the chapter.
    Snotface Snotlouce
    4) What is ‘Bashyball’?
    Bashyball is a full contact sport using a ball and very little rules. It is unknown what the goal is for the game, other than violent physical contact. Hiccup was known during his childhood to be very bad at Bashyball, while Snotlout was known to be very good at it.

    1. Miss Bhangu

      Why did they want to call him toothless?
      That is a great example of an alliteration. However, it is not the one I was thinking of. Have another listen and see if you can spot it.
      Does Bashyball sound like a good sport?

      1. Aaminah A.

        Because that was his name.
        Yes

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