Cambridge Primary English · 0058 · First language
The Lantern House Review
Become an editor with Hana and Idris. Investigate the future of a community reading house, weigh different voices and publish a thoughtful review.
Stage 5 · 36 guided lessons · 108 practice questions
Read closely, explore language, then plan and revise your own writing. Add daily reading, handwriting and live speaking and listening alongside these guided lessons.
Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: The locked reading room
Read the locked reading room and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Build an inference from several clues
Mr Vale challenges the assumption without giving a number. Combine his words with the visitors’ book to infer varied use; do not infer a guaranteed reopening.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: The locked reading room
Write a character response explaining how Hana’s view changes. Use two details from different points in the passage.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: The editor’s word shelf
Read the editor’s word shelf and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Choose shades of meaning
Finality concerns how settled or irreversible a decision seems. Nearby examples let you compare degrees of meaning rather than treating synonyms as exact substitutes.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: The editor’s word shelf
Write a measured headline and opening for the closure report. Replace one exaggerated word and explain your choice.
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Read: A spelling investigation
Read a spelling investigation and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Check roots, suffixes and exceptions
Hope + ful becomes hopeful; adding ly gives hopefully. Explain each step instead of memorising an unreliable rule about every double letter.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: A spelling investigation
Create a spelling-log entry for three personal errors. Include the correct form, a helpful strategy and a sentence.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: The fox and the lantern
Read the fox and the lantern and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Develop a theme through action
The lack of applause separates useful action from public praise. Theme can emerge through a contrast in choices without being stated as a moral.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: The fox and the lantern
Add a short scene from the moth’s viewpoint while preserving what the moth can reasonably know.
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Read: Three voices at the meeting
Read three voices at the meeting and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Report speech and possibility accurately
Could reports a possibility or ability, not a guarantee. When reporting speech, preserve conditions and adjust pronouns and time references to the reporting context.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: Three voices at the meeting
Write a direct quotation and a reported version of a volunteer’s offer. Include might or could without changing its strength.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: The sentence workshop
Read the sentence workshop and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Shape clauses for clarity
This subordinate clause cannot stand as the complete message here. It sets up a contrast with water still dripping.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: The sentence workshop
Write a short repair update using a simple sentence, a compound sentence and a complex sentence.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: A life in small records
Read a life in small records and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Link facts into a coherent biography
A gap in a source is not permission to invent factual biography. Distinguish documented events, attributed memories and unknown information.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: A life in small records
Plan a three-section biography of the fictional caretaker using only supplied records. Give a clear sequence and attribute the opinion.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: A letter worth answering
Read a letter worth answering and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Justify a consistent viewpoint
Acknowledging a practical objection can strengthen a persuasive argument because the proposal addresses the reader’s responsibilities.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: A letter worth answering
Write a persuasive letter for or against a limited opening. Give two reasons, acknowledge one difficulty and propose a response.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: A house that remembers
Read a house that remembers and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Explain imagery beyond its label
Rain does not literally ask questions. Personification makes its repeated tapping seem insistent and connects it to the uncertainty about the house.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: A house that remembers
Write a short narrative poem about someone returning to a place. Use a deliberate image and a change between beginning and ending.
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Read: Page, stage and screen
Read page, stage and screen and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Adapt a scene for its medium
A sound choice can suggest how attention narrows. It is a production decision, not dialogue the character must speak.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: Page, stage and screen
Adapt a scene into a short playscript, then add a three-shot film plan. Explain one necessary change.
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Read: How the roof report works
Read how the roof report works and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Explain without overstating
Organising observations separately from recommendations helps a reader see the difference between recorded evidence and proposed action.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: How the roof report works
Write an information panel explaining the report to younger readers. Include a glossary and a useful labelled sketch.
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Lesson 1 · 30 minutes
Read: The review goes to print
Read the review goes to print and explain an answer using the text.
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Lesson 2 · 30 minutes
Edit in purposeful passes
Proofreading checks accuracy of language; revising also checks ideas, evidence, structure and effect. A cleanly spelled false claim still needs revision.
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Lesson 3 · 30 minutes
Create: The review goes to print
Revise one course piece for publication. Record a change to meaning, one to organisation and one to spelling or punctuation.
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Assessments are original Find Tutor practice, not official Cambridge examinations. Open responses need human review. A completed activity is not proof of independent mastery.