Skellig 2

SKELLIG #2

Written by David Almond

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When you work:

- Use full sentences in every answer

- Check the story carefully for your answers

- Be ready to explain your answers

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Week 2 – 3: Chapters 16 to  31

Chapter 16:

1. Michael tells the person in the shed about how sick the baby is and asks him to think about her. He tells him because he thinks he can trust him and wants the baby to be better.    √ AHA! Very good thinking, Hannah.

Chapter 17:

1. How do we know that Michael and Mina are becoming friends We know that Mina and Michael are becoming friends because Michael is showing Mina things that he has not showed his parents    √.

2. What is pneumatization? It is The development of air cells or cavities, such as those of the mastoid and ethmoidal bones.      √

3. What is Mina teaching Michael to do?  She is teaching him to listen and see.    √

Chapter 18:

1. Who is Arthur Arthur is just Arthritis    √ I hope that you never meet him, Hannah.

2. What does Michael have to do to help the man in the shed? He has to help him with Arthur cod liver oil, praying, happy and moving.     √ Now you have got it.

Chapters 19, 20 and 21:

1. How does Mina reacts to the man in the shed? Mina thinks he is scary but she is sorry for him.      √

2. What is their plan? There plan is to hoot at dawn and bring him out of the shed.         √

3. After reading these chapters and remembering details from earlier in the story, draw a picture of the man in the shed in your reading book – remember to include as much detail of him and his surroundings as you can.

Chapters 22, 23 and 24:

1. How does Mina feel about the man?  She feels sad and wants to help him. 

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2. How do we know this? We know this because she is bringing things to make his more comfey.       √

3. Why does Mina apologise for being sarcastic to Michael? She apologises because she was being mean about his school because they are becoming frends.   More needed here about why.

4. Why does Michael look out of the shutters to make sure that the world is really there? He looks because they saw that Skellig was an angel.     √

5. PREDICT: Now that you have found out what were on Skellig’s back, what do you think he is and why is here there? He is an angle and he is there for a reason to watch over the baby or Michael.     √

Chapter 25:

1. Why are Michael’s family so sad? Because the baby is in the incubator.    √

2. What does Michael keep hearing? He hears the baby's heart on his own.     √ AHA!

Chapter 26, 27 and 28:

1. What is an archaeopteryx?  It is the archaeopteryx is the oldest known fossil bird, of the late Jurassic period    √

2. What does Mina think that the archaeopteryx developed into?  It developed into A bird.     √

3. What do Coot and Leakey think of Mina?   They think she is crazy      √

4. Why does Michael argue with Coot and Leakey? That you can see things and that Mina is not his girlfriend         √

5. Write down three reasons that Michael and his friends are growing apart.

i)  Because he is spending more time with Mina.     √

ii) He is seeing things.     √

iii) He is not coming to school and playing with them.     √    Fantastic understanding, Hannah.

Chapter 29:

1. Explain why Michael and Mina are having such a big argument? Michael and Mina are having such a big argument because Michael’s friends came over and Mina was being mean to Michael.     √

Chapter 30:

1. Why does Michael now need to rely on Mina if he wants to see Skellig? Mina has the key to the house where they keep Skellig.   X No. there is another reason.

2. Think of TWO reasons that the author repeats ‘DANGER’ in this part of the story. Something dangerous is going to happen and Danger is not going to happen in this story.     √

Chapter 31:

1. How does Michael know that the baby is still alive?   Because he can here her hart.     √

2. What are the owls doing for Skellig?    They are feeding him and keeping him strong.     √

3. What was happening to Michael and Mina as they were spinning with Skellig?  They where becoming angles      √

4. PREDICT: What has happened to make Michael’s dad so upset? He has gone missing     √

5. PREDICT: What do you think will happen in the rest of the story? The baby will get better and Skellig will get better.      √    Why? Because Skellig and the baby are concted some how.      X NO! Not just because. Please think about what in the story gives us clues about what is going to happen.

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DISCUSSION for Week 2

What a tense place to stop reading for this week!

Wasn’t that dance at the end of chapter 31 strange?

I mean, it almost seemed as though Mina knew what was going to happen and both she and Skellig needed to make sure that Michael kept his hand joined.

It looks as though Michael is losing his friendship with Coot and Leakey – why do you think that this is happening?

How important is his friendship with these boys?

How do you know this?

If you were Michael, what would you do to be friends with Coot and Leakey again, but at the same time not lose your friendship with Mina?

Why does the author keep telling us about dreams?

There are only 53 pages left in the story …. what do you think will happen to the main characters?

Remember to support your ideas with what you already know.

EXTRA FOR EXPERTS : Choose one or more (or talk to Mr M about your own idea)

Investigate something in the story (Chat with Mr M if you are not sure about a topic for this).

Create 5 tricky questions about the story for others in your group

Write a possible biography for Skellig

Create a crossword puzzle based on the story so far. Remember to check spelling of your answers and your clues.