Chapter 7...
Key Vocabulary:
1. vicious
2. buoy
3. dawn
4. "kick the bucket"
5. calloused
Extension: breakers, agitated, amidst
Focus Questions:
1. Why does Abel love the ocean so much?
2, Why is Costello coming to Longboat Bay?
3. How is the bay a friend to Dora?
Extension:
a) Why is Abel so protective of the Bay?
b) How is Dora protective of Abel?
c) How is Dora not an "average mother"?
Summary:
During summer his skill and confidence grows and he spends a lot of time on the boat, sometimes he sees a big red jet boat and his mother tells him it is Costello, the new abalone diver and the fisheries are watching him because he takes everything he sees. Abel is worried about Blueback but his mother says there is nothing they can do. Abel knows if anything happens he will have to do something. Abel swims with Blueback whenever possible and finally the big red jet boat comes into Longboat Bay, both him and his mother are very worried. Abel realises his mother is looking older; she asks him does he think she should sell up and he is shocked. She asks him isn’t he sick of never having money and working so hard, he tells her this is exactly what he wants. She tells him she wants to die here and he tells her not to talk like that. It is disturbing. He sees that Costello is stripping the reef and he will be at Robbers Head shortly. He tells his mother and she says “he is a vicious man and Abel is only thirteen years old.” As they were gardening Abel kept an eye on the bay and saw bag after bag of abalones being put into the boat. He finally can’t stand it any longer and runs for his boat, his mother follows him. She tells him it is stupid and dangerous and he asks her why she is coming then and she tells him it would be twice as stupid and dangerous. He throttles up and heads out to the bay. He pulls beside Costello’s boat and it is awash with blood and all sorts of fish, abalone and illegal crays are on board. He wants to get on and throw it all back into the water. His mother dives in and tells him to stay with the boat; he has no intention of doing that and gets on board the jet boat and starts tipping the abalone and fish overboard. The he dives in, the divers are down there with spear guns and Blueback appears, looking for food amongst all the abalone Abel has thrown in. They shoot at Blueback and just miss, Abel is out of air and must surface but he know Blueback is doomed. All of a sudden his mother appears between the divers and Blueback, she is running out of air and Blueback is still playing around, all of a sudden Blueback flashes away and his mother shoots to the surface. His mother tells him she has “biffed” Blueback and got rid of him and he probably won’t like her for awhile but it saved his life. Abel asks will there be trouble and she says probably. He knows she isn’t the average mother but he is happy with that.
1. vicious
2. buoy
3. dawn
4. "kick the bucket"
5. calloused
Extension: breakers, agitated, amidst
Focus Questions:
1. Why does Abel love the ocean so much?
2, Why is Costello coming to Longboat Bay?
3. How is the bay a friend to Dora?
Extension:
a) Why is Abel so protective of the Bay?
b) How is Dora protective of Abel?
c) How is Dora not an "average mother"?
Summary:
During summer his skill and confidence grows and he spends a lot of time on the boat, sometimes he sees a big red jet boat and his mother tells him it is Costello, the new abalone diver and the fisheries are watching him because he takes everything he sees. Abel is worried about Blueback but his mother says there is nothing they can do. Abel knows if anything happens he will have to do something. Abel swims with Blueback whenever possible and finally the big red jet boat comes into Longboat Bay, both him and his mother are very worried. Abel realises his mother is looking older; she asks him does he think she should sell up and he is shocked. She asks him isn’t he sick of never having money and working so hard, he tells her this is exactly what he wants. She tells him she wants to die here and he tells her not to talk like that. It is disturbing. He sees that Costello is stripping the reef and he will be at Robbers Head shortly. He tells his mother and she says “he is a vicious man and Abel is only thirteen years old.” As they were gardening Abel kept an eye on the bay and saw bag after bag of abalones being put into the boat. He finally can’t stand it any longer and runs for his boat, his mother follows him. She tells him it is stupid and dangerous and he asks her why she is coming then and she tells him it would be twice as stupid and dangerous. He throttles up and heads out to the bay. He pulls beside Costello’s boat and it is awash with blood and all sorts of fish, abalone and illegal crays are on board. He wants to get on and throw it all back into the water. His mother dives in and tells him to stay with the boat; he has no intention of doing that and gets on board the jet boat and starts tipping the abalone and fish overboard. The he dives in, the divers are down there with spear guns and Blueback appears, looking for food amongst all the abalone Abel has thrown in. They shoot at Blueback and just miss, Abel is out of air and must surface but he know Blueback is doomed. All of a sudden his mother appears between the divers and Blueback, she is running out of air and Blueback is still playing around, all of a sudden Blueback flashes away and his mother shoots to the surface. His mother tells him she has “biffed” Blueback and got rid of him and he probably won’t like her for awhile but it saved his life. Abel asks will there be trouble and she says probably. He knows she isn’t the average mother but he is happy with that.