Chapter Chat Tasks For Week 5

WEEK FIVE TASKS

• VOCABULARY: swelteringly, gorged, provisions, paralysed, unrecognisable, coaxing, plummeted, eddy, plausible, propelling, tributaries, mutinous, alight
  
• DRAW: the scene where the blue butterflies alight from the bank.
  
• INVESTIGATE: dolphins – find out what type of dolphins we have here in NZ and where they can be found. WRITE a information report on a NZ dolphin.
  
• DRAW: the scene where Fred talks to the dolphins.
  
• MAPPING: Draw a map showing the travels the children have taken so far. Remember to use key information from the book.
  
• DIARY WRITING: Don’t forget to fill in your diary entry this week. Who did you choose? Fred, Con, Lila or Max?
  
• MINECRAFT: Create the scene when they get to the lake and see the cliff.
  
• MINECRAFT: Create the scene from the top of the cliff.
  
• SCRATCH: Show them climbing up the cliff. https://scratch.mit.edu/
  
• FLIPGRID: Explain what you think the children were thinking when they got to the top of the cliff. https://flipgrid.com/yl13kx

WEEK FIVE QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1: Share this week’s tasks. Don’t forget to leave a comment on someone else’s work.

QUESTION 2: Do you think these children were friend at the beginning of this story? Are they friends now? Explain your answer.

QUESTION 3: What started the fire? Explain your answer. What impact do you think the fire will have on the Amazon? Explain why you think this.

QUESTION 4: How long have the children been lost for? What makes you think it’s that long? Explain your thinking.

QUESTION 5: Why did Con say, “Is it me, or does the river suddenly feel less on our side?” What might have changed to make her feel this way?

QUESTION 6: What did the children find at the top of the cliff? Describe it.

QUESTION 7: Why do you think there was a city at the top of the cliff? Who do you think made it? Explain your answer.

QUESTION 8: Who do you think the man is? Explain your answer.

QUESTION 9: How do you think the children feel about finding an adult at or least another human in the jungle? Explain your answer.

QUESTION 10: What do you think will happen next? Explain your answer.