Comprehension chapter 6- Abundai!
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
Challenge
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
Michael keeps his fire glass in his pocket.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
Kensuke throws Michael’s fire glass off Watch Hill and onto the rocks below.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Michael feels like defying Kensuke as he won’t let him light a fire, go to certain areas on the island or even swim.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
The anger can help Michael escape as he no longer wants to be with Kensuke even though he is feeding him and keeping him alive.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
The tension builds up throughout this chapter during when Michael sees the boat, he starts running but Kensuke stops him from lighting the fire which made Michael want to escape until he got stung by a jellyfish.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
He describes missing home like he has not been there for hundreds of years, he says that he just wants to go home but Kensuke won’t let him.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
This chapter shows that time goes a little faster than normal as after Kensuke broke his fire glass and went away Michael quickly went and broke all of Kensuke’s rules on his island.
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
I think the reader is meant to like Kensuke for helping Michael but also to dislike him as he won’t let him go home or be warm with a fire.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
He keeps a fire glass so he can make fire.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
He breaks it by throwing it.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Because he broke his fire glass and that was his only chance of escaping.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
He goes over the boundary line and swims.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
Something was stinging him.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
He misses his parents and the human voice.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
Michael has been waiting for a ship to pass for a long time
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
No because he destroyed Michaels fire glass.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
Michael keeps a precious fire glass in his pocket because it might help him to do something important.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
He snatched up his fireglass and hurled it at the rock below where it shattered to pieces.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
He feels like defying Kensuke since he burned out his fire, banished him to one side of the island, banned him from swimming and then burned out his fire again as he was signaling a ship.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
He makes a plan using the fire glass and he also crosses the line and swims in the water.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
He is being stung by white poisonous jellyfish and he is being paralysed which means he is also drowning.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
He describes it as him being homesick and it also said he was daydreaming about it.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
It is very slow and the days must be very long
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
Yes because he is trying to protect Michael.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
Michael still had his precious fire glass.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
He tries to build a fire on Watch Hill.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
He feels like he is defying Kensuke because he is not listening to the commands that he gives.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
The anger fuelled his determination to escape and it revived his spirits.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
This is because Kensuke keeps on giving advice and instructions so he can keep Michael safe and healthy.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
Michael described his missing home as
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
This chapter shows that there was a storm for around four days.
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
I think the reader is supposed to and not supposed to like Kensuke because he is a very strict but careful person.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
Michael keeps a fire glass inside his pocket.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
Kensuke threw the fire glass towards a rock that’s what caused it to break into pieces.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Because he wants to get out of kensuke island and escape.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
Tension builds up in this chapter because at the end of the chapter it says that he gets stung by a large translucent white jellyfish.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
Michael describes missing home as having loneliness.
1. In his pocket is his piece of fire glass.
2. He snatched up his fireglass and hurled it into the rock where it shattered into pieces.
3. He feels like this because he believes kensuke is trying to keep him on the island for the rest of his life.
4. Anger helps with this because he can just leave the island without thinking twice .
5. Tension builds up because Michael is angry so he rushes out into the sea where it is dangerous. .
6. He misses all the people and his friends and family .
7. The text says that he waited days and weeks until the next boat to come
8. Yes because he is helping Michael keep healthy and safe on the island .
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
A piece of fire glass.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
He breaks it.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Because every time Michael tries to escape Kensuke always ruins it.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
Because Michael is trying to escape.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
He feels lonely and homesick.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
No
1) Michael keeps his fire glass with him.
2) He shatters it on the rock.
3) because Michael feels like kensuke has been keeping him as a prisoner.
4)anger helps him plan to escape because when he storms off he can plan it out.
5) tension builds up because kensuke doesn’t want Michael to do anything and keeping him prisoner and Michael wants to escape the island to his family.
6) he describes it as being scared and he wants to go home.
7) I don’t know this one sorry
8) the reader isn’t supposed to like kensuke because he is keeping a kid prisoner on an island.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
He keeps fire glass in his pocket.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
He breaks it.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Michael feels like defying Kensuke because he wants to leave the island 4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
It made Michael want to escape even more
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
He meets someone on the island so the reader wants to find out who they are and if he was the one feeding red bananas to Michael
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
Full of sadness and loneliness
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
Very slow as Michael had to wait days and nights for the second boat to finally arrive
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
No as Kensuke is not allowing Michael to escape the island
1)He had his precious fire glass in his pocket.
2)He threw it on the rocks and it brakes.
3)Because he destroyed the only chance of him going back home.
4)He is trying to go home by swimming.
5)Whilst he went swimming, he got stung by a jellyfish.
6)He misses his mum and dad and also pepper human voices.
By Esra and Musab.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
A fire glass.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
Finds and smashes it on the rock.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Because he ruined the only chance of ever escaping the island.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
He becomes determined.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
At the end of the chapter he gets stung by a jellyfish.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
He describes it as gut wrenching.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
It shows that he waits a long time for a boat.
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
No because Michael doesn’t like him because he broke the glass which was the only way for him to get back to his family.
1) a fire glass.
2) throw rocks.
3) he had no chance to go home.
4) so he can swim.
5) he got stung by a jellyfish.
6) using adverb
7) he want days until the second boat
8) yes because the imagery show that he saves his life.
‘Despondent and melancholyI may have been,but I was infuriated too, and gradually this anger fuelled in me a new resolve to escape, and this determination revived my spirits.’
1) Fire glass
2) he threw it towards the rock and it shattered into tons of pieces.
3) Michael felt like define’s Kensuke as an old man that is very controlling.
4) It kept his spirits high. After a while he was determined to escape and revive his spirits.
5) Tension builds up in this chapter in the beginning it was calm but when it can to the end he was getting angrier.
6) He describes it as being homesick.
7) It uses words like several days and each passing day to show that time passed by.
8) No because Michael describes him as controlling and cruel.
By.. Roma and Yalda
3. He hates kensuke and ruined his only chanced to home even though he tried so hard.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
A precious piece of fire glass.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
Break it by throwing it on a rock.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Because he ruined the only chance he had to go home.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
He goes over the line and he swims in the water.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
because he crosses the line and swims whilst he swims he gets stringed by a jellyfish.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
He misses his mum and dad and their proper human voices.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
Because it says that he wanted many days and nights until the second boat came.
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
Yes because he is doing things for Michaels own good and he is always calm.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
Michael keeps the fire glass that he uses to create fire.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
Kensuke hurls the fire glass at a rock so it would shatter.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
He feels like defying Kensuke because he was in rage that Kensuke had stopped him from getting of the island and get back to his city life.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
Anger helped Michael to create a plan to escape because he was so in rage that something pops in his head.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
Tension builds up on this chapter because it starts by Michael screaming to him starting to get an idea and start a fire when a ship passes by and then Kensuke comes and destroys Michaels things and the fire glass and then Michael disobeying Kensukes rules.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
He describes missing home by saying he remembers his parents at home with him and his dad dipping fish n chips into vinegar.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
It shows the passing of time by Michael in his cave waiting the storm to end (4 days.)
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
Yes,even though he makes a lot of rules for Michael he is doing this to protect Michael from getting hurt and that Kensuke is giving the food to him everyday if he listens to Kensuke’s rules.
He keeps the fire glass in his pocket.
He found it and smashed it on a rock.
Because Michael wants to swim away but he won’t let him.
He plan to stay calm so he feed him and when the wood dries he’ll light it
At th end he got stung by a translucent jellyfish
Gut and wrenching
He waits days for a boat
He stoped him from swimming away and escaping multiple times
Challenge:
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1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
He snatched the fire glass and hurled it at the rock below where itshattered
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
He feels like defying Kensuke because he wants to cross the ‘silly line’ he made.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
Anger helps Michael to make a plan to escape because it determines he would create a beacon
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
At the end of the chapter, Michael got stung by a jellyfish while he was swimming.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
Michael describe missing home by he has occasional tangs of homesickness and lonliness.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
The chapter shows the passing of time because it was really fast when he got stung by a fish.
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
I don’t think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke because he created a boundary line for Michael.
Esha and Saira.
What does Michael keep in his pocket?
A fire-glass is preserved within Michael’s pocket.
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What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
Kensuke shattered the fire-glass.
Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
‘Prosecutor’ is the word Michael felt like defying Kensuke as.
How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
Anger gives Michael a sense of determination.
How does Michael describe missing home?
He describes it as him constantly having homesickness and loneliness.
How does this chapter show the passing of time?
The passing of time is depicted in this chapter when the boat is by shore however it is far by the horizon after a short period of time.
Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
I do not agree Kensuke is supposed to be liked.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
He keeps a fire glass in his pocket.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
Kensuke had smashed the fire glass in frustration.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Michael defies Kensuke
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
He becomes encouraged.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
Suspense and him being abandoned on an island with an old man.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
7) How does this chapter show the passing of the time?
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
Will finish later..
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
A fire-glass.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
In the book it says “He snatched up his fire-glass and hurled it at the rock below where it shattered into pieces.”
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Because he is like a ruler/leader on the island and control’s Micheal.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
He want to crosses the boundary line because he was mad.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
Tension builds up in this chapter when at the end he started to be much angrier however , at the start he was calm.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
He missed the human civilisation and how it was just normal.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
He waits a long time to boats pass.
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
Maybe as it depends on who is the reader and what type of books he/she likes.
Aayan M, Arina and Bilawal
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
He keeps the fire glass in his pocket.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
Kensuke threw Michael’s fire glass on to a rock and smashed it.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Michael feels like defying kensuke because he really wants to get out of this island, but the mad man won’t let him do it.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
It makes him have a plan to escape because he has realised that he didn’t use the fire glass yet, and he will use dry leaves and wood to make the biggest fire so that ships can see that he is stuck on the island.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
The tension builds up in the story because what has happened now is that kensuke has broken michael’s fire glass so that Michael can’t light a fire.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket? The fire glass I think.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass? get rid of it put in the water pool.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke? As his prosecutors.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape? Maybe a shore cut if he can find it.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
He would feel Avengance feelings and Depression. He would feel Heartbroken.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
In his pocket he had his ‘precious fire glass.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
He through it at the rock below where you could not see it
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Because Michael wants to swim and light a fire so he can escape Kensukes island but he is not aloud to swim or light a fire.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
Kensuke felt bad for Michael so he let him go swim in the ocean because at first Kensuke was really stubborn.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
Because he sees lots of boats pass by, and there was typhoon which he thought the Peggy sue would of drifted onto the island
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
He can’t go to sleep properly and he misses his home cooked food, and also his parents,.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
Lots of junk passes by and he is normally planning on ways to escape or he is bored.
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
Yes, as he is trying to stop Michael from drowning or getting hurt.
Aayan S and Safwan U
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
Micheal keeps a fire glass in his pocket.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
He throws it towards a rock and it shatters into pieces
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Michel feels like he is his persecutor and he is telling him not to do certain things.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
Anger makes a new determination in Micheal and he creates a beacon so when he sees a ship he can catch the attention by lighting the fire.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
At the end of the chapter Micheal has been stung by a jellyfish and we do not know what will happen to him next and the thought in the reader’s head is “ Is he going to die or is he going to survive?”
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
He had occasional pangs of home sickness and loneliness.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
First the boat was only in sea but was close to shore but in a moment of time the boat was a little dot on the horizon.
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
Yes and no as he is preventing Micheal to do certain things but Micheal does not know that they are for his own good.
By Afsana and Harroop
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
Fire-glass
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
Light the fire glass
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
As his prosecutor, captor
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
Because he releases anger while making a man sized sculpture of Kensuke by jumping up and down on him
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
The tension builds up by Micheal finding a old man kensuke and him losing his parents and maybe never getting found
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
The junk
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
I’m not too sure but it might be by every few pages
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
Because he cares for Micheal so he could not get stung by jellyfish, Micheal didn’t listen
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
After reading the text, 8 have found out that Michael has his polishes fire glass in his pocket.
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
Kensuke hurled his fire glass at the rock below him causing it to shatter.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Michael feels like defying Kensuke because Michael feels like Kensuke is keeping his captive and putting boundaries around the island.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
Anger helps Michael create a plan to escape because it releases his emotions and his determination to escape.
5) How does tension build up in this chapter?
The tension builds up in this chapter as the start of this chapter, is describing how calm the environment is however, towards the end, tension builds up when Michael gets attacked by a Jellyfish.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
Michael describes missing his home as having home sickness and loneliness.
7) How does this chapter show the passing of time?
This chapter show time going as fast as Michael describes the days are going quickly when playing with a stick with Stella.
8) Do you think the reader is supposed to like Kensuke?
I think the reader Is not suppose to like Kensuke because he is keeping the main character captive and keeping him bored.
Ravi and Laura
We are proud of your journey. X
1. A fire glass.
2. Kensuke smashed it.
3.He was angry at Kensuke.
4.he was more motivated.
5.Because Michael could get revenge.
6.Gut wrenching.
7. Michael has already got angry at Kensuke.
8. As he smashed what Michael kept in his pocket, ( as he always keeps it in his pocket it shows he loves it ), And Kensuke smashed it. Showing a bad impression.
1) What does Michael keep in his pocket?
A fire glass
2) What does Kensuke do with Michael’s fire-glass?
He threw it on rocks and it smashed.
3) Why does Michael feel like defying Kensuke?
Because he was angry with him for breaking his fire glass.
4) How does anger help Michael make a plan to escape?
His anger made him more determined.
6) How does Michael describe missing home?
Gut – wrenching.
1)A fire glass.
2)He shatters it against the floor.
3)Because he has destroyed every hope and chance Micheal had of escaping.
4)He goes over the boundary line and swims.
5)Because Micheal gets angry and he crosses the boundary line and shouts and then he swims but something is stinging him.
6)He misses his mum and dad he misses the human voice he hasn’t spoken to anyone for a while.
7)By showing that Micheal has been waiting for a ship to pass which took a long time.
8)No as he destroyed Michaels only chances of escaping and returning to human civilisation.
Ibrahim
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