Comprehension
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
Challenge:
1) Gran describes the plan as ridiculous and reckless.
2)the parents lost their job.
3)they thought it was a waste of money
4) I think he kept it a mystery because he wanted it to be a surprise.
5)I do not believe that tyrant is a good word to describe the mother as a Tyrant is a controlling person.
6) there is a mysterious effect because it says I disappeared before my twelfth birthday.
1. How does Gran describe the plan?
Gran said it reckless and irresponsible
2. What effect does redundancy have on this family?
Lose The parent jobs
He can’t play football with his friends
They don’t go on the boat in Sunday
3. How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
Surprise because it was a boat called Peggy sue
4.Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
He was being mysterious on purpose because he want to show a clue to him and the mom
5. Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
Yes because it will make her feel better.
6. What effect does this opening have on the reader?
A good life because he play football with his friends he go on a boat in ever Sunday and his parents have jobs.
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
Gran describes the plan as ridiculous and reckless.
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
The effect the redundancy has on this family is that the dad became more gloomy and mum became more silent and also didn’t go sailing anymore.
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
I think Michael and his mum feels like shocked that his dad told them after buying the boat because when they found out they were speechless that they were living on a boat from then on.
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
He was being mysterious on purpose because he wanted to show a clue for mum and Michael.
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
It is a good word to describe the mother because it tells us that she is a fierce and independant women.
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
The effect that has this on reader is that they would want to know more and get to know what happens next.
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
Gran describes the plan as ridiculous, reckless and was full of doom. She also said that there would there would be pirates and icebergs stoping the journey as long as supertankers, freak waves and so on.
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
Redundancy has affected this family by helping them through their troubles and inspiring them together to do better in life.
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
They thought it through and thought that it could actually work as the Mum of Michael was going to have her gran come along even though her Gran thought that is was a terrible idea.
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
So he can surprise them and get then curious/ eager to know what going on.
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
It depends on the mothers behaviour.
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
It might share his life experience or it might what happens in his country.
Roma & Yalda
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
She describes the plan as reckless and irresponsible.
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
The affect is that they haven’t got enough money to do other stuff other than travel on the boat and get a car.
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
I think that Micheal felt happy and shocked because when he heard the news he was over the moon because he remembered that his friend lived in the south(Southampton).
His mother was puzzled because she said what are we doing here? and the n frowned at Micheal in puzzlement.
They both also felt dumbstruck(so shocked or surprised as to be unable to speak).
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
He keeps it deliberately mysterious because he could’ve wanted his family to see it for their selves instead of him telling them everything .
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
In some part of the story she can be described as tyrant but in the last few lines of the story Micheal says that he never knew that his mum had that in her which means she can be tyrant at some times whereas at particular times she can be different.
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
The affect that this opening has on the reader is it will make them want to read more and try and find out what will happen next (eg anything bad/obstacles).
1. She describes it as ridiculous,reckless and irresponsible.
2.they were both made redundant and them two lost their job and so they need to find a new job.
3. When there farther revealed the plan they were confused because Michael said ex … cell … ent,’ I breathed.
4.The farther kept his plan deliberately mysterious because he wanted to surprise them.
5. Yes because she’s a cruel and oppressive ruler.
6. The effect is scared because we don’t know what’s going to happen next.
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
She said it was quite ridiculous she said reckless,irresponsible.
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family? They would not be able to get stuff that is expensive because they will have a lack of money
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
I think Michael and his mother Felt delighted because they like fishing and going on the Yacht so it will be fun to go around the world 🌍
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”So they can het a humongous surprise that they will like
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
Yes because she is like the boss(skipper) of the boat and she is the driver of the boat 🚤
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
The reader will feel sad because they would miss all there friends and family
1.She described it as ridiculous, reckless and irresponsible.
2.They we’re both made redundant and they both lost their job so they need to find a new job.
3.They feel confused because Michael said under His breath, Ex…cell.ent.
4.He kept it deliberately secret because he might of wanted it a surprise.
5.Yes because the mother is sometimes cruel and oppressive ruler.
6.The effect that the opening has on the reader is suspense because it makes the reader to read on because they want to know what happened to him.
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
She said that it was ridiculous and she thought it was stupid?
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
Dad lost his job and so did mom so that means that there losing money.
3) How did Michael and mom feel about the plan when it was revealed?
Michael thought it was excellent.
Mom agreed with the plan so that means she liked the plan.
4) Why’s does dad keep the plan “deliberately mysterious”?
He wanted to surprise the family.
5) Is ‘tyrant’ a good word to describe mother?
No because tyrant is some cruel leader.
6) What effect does this have on the opening reader?
The story has suspense which will make the reader curious.
) How does Gran describe the plan?
In a negative way like”stupid behaviour”
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
It has a very big affect on the family but they do have saving so they can only get a limited of items which might not be enough to live on.
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
I think they are dumbstruck or dumbfounded as they did not know about this until after he bought it
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”so he can surprise them as he thinks it will make them happy and has been his dream for so long.
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
It is not a positive way to describe a mother but this shows that Michael
thinks of her as very angry of hot headed
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
I think it affects the reader by making sound nice and welcoming but in the end of the chapter it sounds very sad and gloomy.
1) She said it was irresponsible and reckless.
2) The effect it had was that they couldn’t go sailing on sit Sunday and Michaels parents argued more and there dad stopped fixing things around the house and was rarely home. He was either looking for a job or be at the pub.
3) I think that they felt shocked and excited because I don’t think they expected him to plan everything ahead and excited because they were going to be able to travel the world with a boat.
4) I think there father kept it secret because it was supposed to be a surprise and if they knew it wouldn’t be a surprise anymore.
5)tyrant is a bad word to describe a mother
6)the opening makes it seem that it is a mysterious story
Rahima and noah
Comprehension
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
Gran describes the plan stupid and tearfully because she wanted to go Australia with them .
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
The redundancy 9n their family that the dad lost his job and his farther and mum stat arguing .
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
They feel shocked that he brought a yacht and his mum wasn’t mad because she was happy and it says in the text it was so wonderful .
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
Because he did not want mum and Michael to see it yet and he haven’t told them he has sold the house .
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
It is a bad word to use for a mother because she will be annoyed .
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
The effect has on the reader is sort for the family .
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
She didn’t want them to leave so she was repeating all the bad things that could happen but soon after she reluctantly agreed.
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
The effect is that Michael’s parents did not have a job and they couldn’t earn money. But Michael had a job which made his mom feel useless as he is very young and he is not expected to get a job.
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
I think that they were a bit unsure because it was a lot to think about in a short amount of time. Also Michael said unsurely “ Exe..el…lent.” But they agreed and overall thought it was a good decision.
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
He kept it deliberately mysterious to probably give them a hint that he is about to surprise them.
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
No. Since a tyrant is not restricted to anything like the law but the mother is a regular person and she is probably described as willing to give her opinion on important decisions.
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
The opening sounds like he has disappeared to discover something or he has been lost since it said he had disappeared that night.
1)Gran said that the idea was irresponsible and that the ocean is very dangerous and named loads of other ways for them to die which included:Hurricanes,Pirates,Icebergs,Whales,Supertanks and freak waves.
2)The redundancy caused the parents to lose their jobs and the atmosphere when they were eating was silent and then the parents kind of split apart and argued about the most tiniest of the things but on the other hand it let the father do what he thought was just a dream and he would not have done in 1 million years according to him.
3)I think the mom and Michael felt really happy because they were able to sail the world but they were probably confused because they thought they would of had an actual house with two stories but then they were given the opportunity to sail the world while having a place to live in.
4)The father kept it mysterious because he wanted to hype up the family on the idea before the Mom and the Son declined it instantly.
5)I don’t think tyrant is a good word to describe the mom because she is still a good person and can probably keep her temper in check and it wasn’t fair to call her that because she wanted to keep the house that she was born in and spent her childhood in.
6)It leads on suspense because we do not know what will happen next.
Challenge:
I would give £500 to charity and then I would invest the remaining money into a small business (which would be a factory that makes food and other essential supplies) and then watch it develop over time and that would give me more money and then I can increase the size of the company and that would increase the income of the company.
Kensuke’s Kingdom
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
Gran describes the plan as reckless and irresponsible as she heaped horror upon horror.
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
The effect of the redundancy is that both of Michael
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
I think they both thought it was reasonable as long as they had Michael had education.
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
He keeps this plan deliberately mysterious because he probably wants to surprise them with sailing the world as before they did reservoir and dinghy sailing.
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
In my opinion I don’t think tyrant is a good word to describe a mother unless if they are like a psychopath.
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
The effect that the opening paragraph has on the reader is that they will get curious and want to know how the story will progresses.
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
She describes it as crazy because there could be many dangers for example hurricane’s.
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
They don’t have enough money and now they are jobless.
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
They are really shocked and confused and feel like it is a bad idea until he explains everything then they feel more comfortable.
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
Because he doesn’t want them to stop him from buying the boat .
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
Yes I think it is because she always try’s her hardest to make Michale happy and never gives up .
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
That on the next chapter they will of to see and it also makes them think that it is an adventure story and it makes them want to read on.
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
Gran described as stupid
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
More money
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
There were not happy
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
In case they wouldn’t approve it
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
No
6) What effect does this opening have on the reader?
The effect is that the reader is interested.
1) How does Gran describe the plan?
The gran agrees to the plan but she described it as ridiculous and irresponsible.
2) What effect does redundancy have on this family?
That they didn’t have enough money also he didn’t have a job.
3) How do you think Michael and his mother feel when father reveals his plan?
They don’t feel great because they don’t wanna live far away from where they live now. Also, the mom said that she doesn’t want to move because she was born there.
4) Why does his father keep the plan “deliberately mysterious?”
The father wants to keep the plan “deliberately mysterious” because he wants to surprise Michael and his mother so they could live a better life and also so they could travel to different places.
5) Is “tyrant” a good word to describe mother?
No because they she is being described as cruel but she’s brave.
1)Gran. Had a different idea in her mind
3)Astonished
4)To surprise them
5)Not really
6)Not sure
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