Chapter 3...
Chapter 3:
Key Vocabulary:
1. daydream
2. karri
3. bailing
4. hovered
5. kelp
Extension: blunt snout, nerve-wracking, murky, familiar, mantelpiece, driftwood, (pearl) lugger.
Focus Questions:
1. The school bus was ‘…spitting gravel…. until it reached the highway.’ This is another example of figurative language. What is the type of figurative language and what does the author mean by using that description?
2. What things can you learn from the rings in a karri tree? Use the information in the story to answer in full.
3. What did the author compare Abel’s mother’s hair to when she was floating near Blueback? Why did he compare the two things?
4. What is the name of the bay where Abel’s father had been killed? What had his father been doing when he lost his life? Use an atlas to find the name of the biggest WA town that is the closest to that bay.
Extension:
a) What did Merv, the school bus driver, mean by “You Jacksons have been sayin’ that for a century. Ha, ha, a few. You always get a few.’ Why is the word ‘always’ written in italic font?
b) Why was it initially nerve-wracking for Abel when Blueback was playing with him?
c) Why do you think Abel’s mother prefers to go the orchard to remember his father rather than the graveyard?
d) What thoughts tied Abel’s mind ‘in knots’? What does he mean by this and which type of figurative language is used in this type of description?
Summary:
Abel catches the bus to school the next day and all day dreams about Blueback and how old he would be, how long he had been there and that sort of thing. He ends up with a hundred lines I must not day dream in class then he gets another hundred. After school they do all their chores and then head out to see Blueback again, he is waiting for them and even plays games with them. While Abel is doing his homework he decides to study fish and become an expert. He thinks about his father and the little shrine his mother keeps for him in the peppermint tree and sometimes sits out there and cries.
Key Vocabulary:
1. daydream
2. karri
3. bailing
4. hovered
5. kelp
Extension: blunt snout, nerve-wracking, murky, familiar, mantelpiece, driftwood, (pearl) lugger.
Focus Questions:
1. The school bus was ‘…spitting gravel…. until it reached the highway.’ This is another example of figurative language. What is the type of figurative language and what does the author mean by using that description?
2. What things can you learn from the rings in a karri tree? Use the information in the story to answer in full.
3. What did the author compare Abel’s mother’s hair to when she was floating near Blueback? Why did he compare the two things?
4. What is the name of the bay where Abel’s father had been killed? What had his father been doing when he lost his life? Use an atlas to find the name of the biggest WA town that is the closest to that bay.
Extension:
a) What did Merv, the school bus driver, mean by “You Jacksons have been sayin’ that for a century. Ha, ha, a few. You always get a few.’ Why is the word ‘always’ written in italic font?
b) Why was it initially nerve-wracking for Abel when Blueback was playing with him?
c) Why do you think Abel’s mother prefers to go the orchard to remember his father rather than the graveyard?
d) What thoughts tied Abel’s mind ‘in knots’? What does he mean by this and which type of figurative language is used in this type of description?
Summary:
Abel catches the bus to school the next day and all day dreams about Blueback and how old he would be, how long he had been there and that sort of thing. He ends up with a hundred lines I must not day dream in class then he gets another hundred. After school they do all their chores and then head out to see Blueback again, he is waiting for them and even plays games with them. While Abel is doing his homework he decides to study fish and become an expert. He thinks about his father and the little shrine his mother keeps for him in the peppermint tree and sometimes sits out there and cries.