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The Howling Tower

by Michael Coleman

W E V L E W T R E B M U N Q H T Y Y U G T Q U G H Y O Y H O W L I N G T O W E R U O E H P O R T S A T A C N R D I N R I W Y Q G G Y W H I E N O E E V A C E R O T S S C I U H Q F I Y N T G C U H A

M T C U W R N R N O A W M G A U T O U H E E V L I Y E E J I A G Q D R E P S O Q N B N Q C W N T R P D Q P Y T L E I P U S Y A G H O W O H O B E A R K I N G D O M Q M C W H S C I R C L E L A N E K

Benjamin Mops

Bear Kingdom Howling Tower

Number Twelve sap-catcher under-town circle-lane nourishment discovery store-cave cage-block catastrophe applause strength freedom

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Ed’s Reading Room

The Howling Tower

by Michael Coleman

Abbreviations

In The Howling Tower, there were QCAs. In this book, QCA is an abbreviation for Quantity Counting Assistant. Abbreviations may have a full stop after the letters, for example Q.C.A., but sometimes, as in this book, they are written without. Whichever way you choose, you should be consistent.

Write these abbreviations in full.

BBC eg etc vs B Sc Anagrams Can you work out these muddled words? Remember to write a capital letter for names. p k e i s _____________________________ r e u b m n w e l t v e ____________________________________ g a e c k c l o b _____________________________ h i r s l t e a n i r t _____________________________________ e r b a e o r n w ______________________________

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Ed’s Reading Room

The Howling Tower

by Michael Coleman

Imagine you are either Benjamin or Mops. You decide to call a meeting of all the humans in the Howling Tower. Draw up an agenda for the meeting, listing all the injustices you feel you are suffering and what you propose to do about them.

Injustices

Proposals

Now write a few sentences to open the meeting. Remember to write in the first person (I have called this meeting…) as if it is Benjamin or Mops writing.

Think about how strongly you feel about the life and death situation you are in and use language to persuade the other humans about the necessity of prompt action.

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The Howling Tower

by Michael Coleman Ed’s Poetry Complete this poem using similes (starting with like or as). Try and use some alliteration (the same letter or sound in closely connected words).

The Bear

Has

A body like a big, burly boulder,

Teeth like terrifying talons,

Paws like

A tail like

A head

Eyes

Ears

A growl When you have finished your poem you could read it to a friend or learn and recite it. Ed would enjoy reading your poem. You could email your poem to him.

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Ed’s Reading Room

The Howling Tower

by Michael Coleman

Draw a story board with captions for the main events in The Howling Tower. Decide whether your illustrations would be more effective in black and white or in colour.

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