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age Revision Workbook

OMPREHENSION) – I’m The King Of The Castle pt.2 by Susan Hill

or inference and comprehension AO1


writers use language to achieve effects and influence readers AO2
rt their responses with appropriate textual references AO4

unning away from the house called Warings where he and his mother have
was given the position of housekeeper. He is unhappy because he is being bullied
er owns the house and who is Mrs Kingshaw’s employer. Both boys are referred to

e
h up. He stood in the very middle of it, now, and the sun came glaring down. He
er his back, and in the creases of his thighs. His face was burning. He sat down,
him, through his jeans, and looked over at the dark line of trees on the edge of
close – all the individual branches were clearly outlined. The fields around him

e crow, he took no notice. There had been several crows. This is one glided down
agged black wings. He began to be aware of it when it rose up suddenly, circled
nd not very far away from him. Kingshaw could see the feathers on his head,
utter-coloured corn-stalks. Then it rose, and circled, and came down again, this
ping about his head, beating its wings and making a sound like flat leather pieces
he largest crow he had ever seen. As it came down for the third time, he looked
g in a screech. The inside of its mouth was scarlet, it had small glinting
ed his arms. For a moment, the bird retreated a little way off, and higher up in the
ickly back, through the path in the corn, looking ahead of him. Stupid to be scared
rd do? But he felt his own extreme isolation, high up in the cornfield.

uld only hear the soft thudding of his own footsteps, and the silky sound of the
n, there was a rush of air, as the great crow came beating down, and wheeled
ed and the hoarse caaw came out again and again, from inside the scarlet mouth.

un, not caring, now, if he trampled the corn, wanting to get away, down into the
orn might be some kind of crow’s food store, in which he was seen as an invader.
f a whole battalion of crows that would rise up and swoop at him. Get on to the
o the grass, that’ll be safe, it’ll go away. He wondered if it had mistaken him for
wn in the corn.

y slow through the cornfield, the thick stalks bunched together and got in his way,
with his arms. But he reached the gate and climbed it, and dropped on to the
de. Sweat was running down his forehead and into his eyes. He looked up. The

run down this field, either, because of the tractor ruts. He began to leap wildly
gs stretched as wide as they could go, and for a short time, it seemed that he did
and, as it rose, Kingshaw felt the tip of its black wing, beating against his face. He
is left foot caught in one of the ruts and he keeled over, going down straight
n the coarse grass, panting and sobbing by turns, with the sound of his own blood
lt the sun on the back of his neck, and his ankle was wrenched. But he would be
d, and wiped two fingers across his face. A streak of blood came off, from where
got unsteadily to his feet, taking in deep, desperate breaths of the close air. He

o walk forwards again, it rose up from the grass a little way off, and began to circle
o a run, sobbing and wiping the damp mess of tears and sweat off his face with
n his ankle, rubbed raw by the sandal strap. The crow was still quite high, soaring
ow, he had scrambled over the third gate, and he was in the field next to the one
ould see the back of the house. He began to run much faster.

lay completely winded. Through the runnels of sweat and the sticky tufts of his
looking down at him from one of the top windows of the house.

gle screech, and the terrible beating of wings, and the crow swooped down and
.

at, in the end, it must have been his screaming that frightened it off, for he dared
eyes and felt the claws of the bird, digging into his skin, through the thin shirt,
gasping sort of way. After a moment or two, the bird rose. He had expected it to
eak, remembering terrible stories about vultures that went for living people’s
s own escape.
d ran on, and this time, the crow only hovered above, though not very high up,
tly, and no longer attempting to swoop down. Kingshaw felt his legs go weak
last fence, and stood in the place from which he had started out on his walk, by
d back fearfully. The crow circled a few times, and then dived into the thick

Task 1 - A01

First Responses

Q1. Explain what happens to Kingshaw in this Explain what


happens to Kingshaw in this passage. My answer :He is
running away from the house called Warings where he and
his mother have recently come to stay.

Question No2. How does the writer create an impression of his


isolation and helplessness? Would you describe Kingshaw as a fearful
boy?

My answer :In the text ,it says ' But he felt his own extreme isolation,
high up in the cornfield.'I would describe Kingshaw as a fearful boy
since he was scared when a crow went past him.

Question No3. In what ways does the passage resemble horror stories
or films that you know?
My answer : A crow is usually a symbol of evil or something bad -it
could be bad luck.

TASK 2 – AO2

Close reading

1. This is a day in summer with good weather, and yet the author does
not make it seem pleasant. Identify the descriptive details that make
the natural world appear hostile and sinister to Kingshaw.

My answer : In the text , it says 'He had expected it to begin pecking


at him with his beak,remembering terrible stories about vultures that
went for living people's eyes

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