Chapter 2: Kensuke’s Kingdom

Comprehension:

1) What does Michael have to do for “English”?

Which of the crew members was allowed to be idle?

2) Which part of the sailing do you think Michael most/least enjoyed?

3) Why can Michael no longer argue with his mother?

4) Why do you think the chapter is called “Water, Water Everywhere”?

5) Is “heaving” a good word to describe the sea?

6) What are the main differences between learning at school and learning at sea?

Challenge:

Art task: Create an extract that we would find in Michaels ‘ship log’
(This can be a dairy, a sketch from what he might have seen, a tale from a different country he may have visited)