Chapter 6...
Chapter 6:
Key Vocabulary:
insisted
catamaran
swell
bow
stern
extension: plankton, pod, harpoon
Focus Questions:
1. Why did Mad Macca’s family give his boat to Able?
2. The sea has taken it’s fair share of us, we are surely even by now, what does this mean?
3. Why does Dora have such a strong connection to the sea?
4. Why did Abel's skin prick when he saw the sea?
5. Why does Dora hope the Whales don't remember?
Writing Task:
Complete a character profile on Dora and Abel
Summary:
Before the summer holidays his mother wrote to tell him that there would be a new abalone diver coming and she was worried about him, he was known as a reef stripper. (Takes all the abalone and leaves nothing for next season) She also had good news Macka’s family had decided to give his boat, trailer and everything to Abel; he couldn’t wait to get home. His mother meets him off the bus and they go diving and he plays with Blueback, he checks out his boat and start to clean it up. Finally his mother and he take it sailing, first in the bay and then out into the ocean, they are out there fishing when several whales surround them. They watch and are fascinated.
Key Vocabulary:
insisted
catamaran
swell
bow
stern
extension: plankton, pod, harpoon
Focus Questions:
1. Why did Mad Macca’s family give his boat to Able?
2. The sea has taken it’s fair share of us, we are surely even by now, what does this mean?
3. Why does Dora have such a strong connection to the sea?
4. Why did Abel's skin prick when he saw the sea?
5. Why does Dora hope the Whales don't remember?
Writing Task:
Complete a character profile on Dora and Abel
Summary:
Before the summer holidays his mother wrote to tell him that there would be a new abalone diver coming and she was worried about him, he was known as a reef stripper. (Takes all the abalone and leaves nothing for next season) She also had good news Macka’s family had decided to give his boat, trailer and everything to Abel; he couldn’t wait to get home. His mother meets him off the bus and they go diving and he plays with Blueback, he checks out his boat and start to clean it up. Finally his mother and he take it sailing, first in the bay and then out into the ocean, they are out there fishing when several whales surround them. They watch and are fascinated.