Tom is a young rugby player who storms out of the locker room in anger after his team lets him down, leaving his teammates in stunned silence. Hannah is a young girl, possibly around 5 or 6 years old, who is giggling and squealing with delight as she rips open her birthday present at a play area. Fred is an old man who hobbles to the store sadly, as he is reminded of his deceased wife Molly when seeing her picture in his wallet, before paying and leaving to spend another lonely night watching TV alone.

1. Inference detectives: Looking for clues
Read the excerpts and write your inferences in the box below.
Think about . . .
• Who the character might be (old, young, sporty, brainy etc) •
• What kind of person the character is (kind, thoughtful, nasty, selfish, etc) •
• How the character is feeling at that moment and why
• Where and when this action is taking place
•
1 Tom clenched his fists until the knuckles were white. He sighed deeply, stood up and
stormed toward the door without saying another word. He opened the door and slammed it behind
him. His ten team mates sat staring at each other in stunned silence.
Tom is a young rugby player. He and his Ten Team mates are in the locker rooms and his
mates perhaps said something or lost their rugby game and they have let him down and he
is upset and angry about that.
2 Hannah’s eyes grew as big as saucers and she began to clap her tiny hands together. As
soon as the present was within reach, she grabbed it and began ripping off the paper. She was
giggling and squealing with delight.
Hannah is a young girl.Maybe 5/6 years old and she might be at lolliepops play land
wanting her present for her birthday, She is very Excited.
3 Fred hobbled toward the counter. He reached into his pocket and with a shaking hand pulled
out his old leather wallet. As he got his money out, he noticed the picture of his wife Molly. All of a
sudden his eyes became sad and after paying for his chocolate he quickly put his wallet back into
his pocket. Thanking the shop assistant he left the shop and headed home for a lonely night in
front of the television.
Fred is an old man and I think that his wife Molly has died because he said that he sat
lonely in front of the Television.