Monday, September 21, 2015

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Written by David Almond
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When you work:

- Use full sentences in every answer
- Check the story carefully for your answers
- Be ready to explain your answers
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Week 2 – 3: Chapters 16 to  31

Chapter 16:

1. Michael tells the person in the shed about how sick the baby is and asks him to think about her. Why does he do this? He does it so he can get better cause he thinks the person is an angel      

Chapter 17:

1. How do we know that Michael and Mina are becoming friends?  Because they were telling secrets that nobody else knows      
2. What is pneumatization?  He presence of air caverns in the bone       
3. What is Mina teaching Michael to do?Listen deeper        

Chapter 18:

1. Who is Arthur? is arthritis          
2. What does Michael have to do to help the man in the shed with Arthur? keep moving or get a doctor      

Chapters 19, 20 and 21:

1. How does Mina react to the man in the shed?  scared and felt sorry for him       
2. What is their plan?  to take him to another place to get better      


Chapters 22, 23 and 24:

1. How does Mina feel about the man?  worried but sure he will get well      
2. How do we know this?   Because  she has been waited to see him and trust him
3. Why does Mina apologise for being sarcastic to Michael? Because she doesn't want him to feel bad      
4. Why does Michael look out of the shutters to make sure that the world is really there?  Be thinks he is in a dream    


Chapter 25:

1. Why are Michael’s family so sad? The baby is  in a glass  cage          
2. What does Michael keep hearing so that he can keep it safe? He keeps hearing the baby's heart and breathing      

Chapter 26, 27 and 28:

1. What is an archaeopteryx?  A dinosaur that flies       
2. What does Mina think that the archaeopteryx developed into?  It begins to evolutions into a bird      
3. What do Coot and Leakey think of Mina? They think she is distracting       
4. Why does Michael argue with Coot and Leakey?Because they don’t want them to  talk about Mina that way    
5. Write down three reasons that Michael and his friends are growing apart.
i) Michal hangs out with mina more than them  
ii)They have been arguing
iii)  Coot and leaky don't like mina

Chapter 29:

1. Explain why Michael and Mina are having such a big argument?They think michael's friends hate them    

Chapter 30:

1. Why does Michael now need to rely on Mina if he wants to see Skellig? Cause she has Skelligs key      
2. Think of TWO reasons that the author repeats ‘DANGER’ in this part of the story.because it is a very dangerous place     Two reasons, please.

Chapter 31:

1. How does Michael know that the baby is still alive? Cause he can still hear it heart beating       
2. What are the owls doing for Skellig?They are feeding him         
3. What was happening to Michael and Mina as they were spinning with Skellig? They were growing wings     
4. PREDICT: What has happened to make Michael’s dad so upset? He is growing wings
5. PREDICT: What do you think will happen in the rest of the story? Why? they will grow there wings bigger and the baby will die    How sad.

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My scary novel study


SKELLIG #1YaldhurstHD:private:var:folders:kc:kcNB3ndLGfuQj+HuRSJI6E+++TI:-Tmp-:TemporaryItems:imgres.jpg

Written by David Almond
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When you work:

- Use full sentences in every answer
- Check the story carefully for your answers
- Be ready to explain your answers
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Week 1 - 2: Chapters 1 to  15

Front Cover: List all the thing you can see on the front cover. (On the front cover I can see  a man or woman stuck in a dome .

Prediction: What do you think this story is going to be about? (I think that this story is going to be about a man or woman that gets double crossed and got locked in a dome.

Chapter 1:

1. What does the narrator discover in the shed? In the shed, the narrator  find a boy sitting on a chest  of tea bags     
2. What happened to the previous owner of the house?     The previous owner he died under the kitchen table.    

Chapter 2:

1. In your reading book, draw a SMALL sketch of the shed and label at least 5 of the things described in this chapter.```````````````````````````````````````````
2. Why wasn’t Michael allowed in the shed? Michael was not allowed in the shed because it was dangerous     
3. Read the last chapter. Why is Michael annoyed at the baby? Michael is annoyed at the baby because he came early and the family is under pressure     

Chapter 3:

1. Why does Michael call the doctor Doctor Death? Michael called him Doctor Death because he was almost dead    
2. What do YOU think that Michael finds in the shed? I think that Michael finds a angel from heaven    

Chapters 4 and 5:

1. What are three things that have now changed in Michael’s life? Three things that have changed in Michael’s life are:   
1.he is going to a new school      
2. he is worried about the baby     
3. he saw something he could not explain    √ Good thinking



Chapters 6 and 7:

1. The author mentions death several times in these chapters (eg. Page 17: ‘He sighed like he was sick to death of everything’). Why do you think he writes about these things so early in the book?
I think that the author is writing about death because he is close to death    √ AHA!

Chapter 8:

1. Why did Michael order ’27 and 53’ from the Chinese takeaway? Michael ordered 27 and 53 because ….so they could give some to the man in the garage         

Chapter 9:

1. What sort of person is Mina (her personality, her looks, her interests) These words describe Mina
     Personality she is very  personal  loves nature interested in birds        

    Looks little       
2. What colour is a blackbird? Do some research. A blackbird has these colours yellow red green    
3. What does this tell us about the difference between Michael and Mina?
    Miina takes her time to judge the black bird    
    Michael  just says its is a black bird     √ Yes, they are very different people.

Chapters 10, 11 and 12:

1. What does Michael now notice about the blackbird? Michael now notices that the blackbird was on the side of the fence    AND Read again and correct please.
2. What information do we now learn about the person in the shed in this chapter? In this chapter we learn that he keeps asking questions he may be an angel.    
3. Why is Michael so interested in shoulder blades? Michael is interested in shoulder blades because it is the part that is sticking out     
4. What do other people tell him about shoulder blades? Other people tell Michael that …. that they are just a part of your body Where is your answer?     √ Now you have it.

Chapter 13:

1. What does Mina show Michael? Mina shows Michael  a house that owls a bunch of birds live in         
2. Why do you think she shows him? Mina shows Michael  because he was sad  about the baby            √ Yes. And because she is trusting him more now.

Chapter 14 and 15:

1. Why are Michael and his dad tidying up the back yard? They are tidying the back yard  so they could plant flowers  so the house can be pretty so that the mum could have a beautiful house when friends come over   X But why?     √ Well answered now.
2. What does Mina tell Michael about shoulder blades at the end of the chapter? Mina tells Michael that that they are just a part of the body.
3. How does Mina feel about homeschooling?  Mina feels that home school is boring    

4. How does Mina feel about Michael’s school?  Mina feels that Michael’s school is boring.    X Read again and read what she says, Zach.     √ Spot on!
4. Interview two people plus yourself (3 in total) in your reading group about what they think about home school and ‘normal’ school. Use PMI (plus, minus and interesting) and write the responses below.






YOU
Normal school
Plus: Friends
Minus: Running out of things
Interesting: how many teacher you have
Home school
Plus:  you have your toys
Minus: no one to play with
Interesting: who is your teacher

PERSON 1
Normal school
Plus: people to play with
Minus: you can get bored and not allowed to play on your phone
Interesting: heaps of teachers
Home school
Plus: You have your school and freedom
Minus: No friend
Interesting: You can text your friends at breaks


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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS for Week 1

How would you describe Michael’s family?
What are the reasons for this?

‘Doctor Death’ enters the story throughout these chapters. what reasons do you think the author has for this? Think of foreshadowing and the emotions of the characters.

Where do you think that the person in the shed comes from?
How has he survived over the years?
What do you think is his role in the story?
What do you think will happen to him and why?  

The author has repeated several ideas so far and these are very significant to the rest of the story:

- blackbirds and owls
- death
- shoulder blades / wings
- secrets that both Mina and Michael have

Predict how these will guide the rest of the story

EXTRA FOR EXPERTS : Choose one or more (or talk to Mr M about your own idea)

Investigate something in the story (Chat with Mr M if you are not sure about a topic for this).

Create 5 tricky questions about the story so far for others in your group

Create a possible family tree for Skellig (go back at least 4 generations)