Reading Task

SJ pt.2 no.4  1994

Tough Talk by David Hill

WALT read and understand how narratives are written. (Structure and language features used in writing narratives)

Knowledge Questions:

1.    What was Jed going to buy from the dairy?His mums accesories.

2.    Describe who spoke to Jed.a garden gnome with a red plastered  nose and a blue hat holding a fishing rod

3.    Why did Jed refer to himself as a slave.because he had to got to the dairy three times today for his mum.

Comprehension Questions:

4.    Who were Kane and Megan?jeds brother and sister.

Application Questions:

5.    How did the gnome communicate with his leader?through his nose.

Thinking beyond:

6.    Explain why the gnome decided to leave Jed’s planet.because they were saying words that scared him and he said they were terrible creatures.

    Analysis:

7.    Explain why Jed decided to walk away without telling the man where his garden gnome had gone.Because he knew it left but he did not know where it disappeared too.

    Synthesis:

8.  Why do you think some people keep a garden gnome?Because it makes there garden look fancier .

  Evaluation:

9. List 3 other items you might find as garden ornaments in a garden center or advertised in the local newspaper.wheelbarrow,frog on a motor bike .