Yellow Group Docking Day - by Amanda Jackson SJ. pt.2 No.4 2010

Yellow Group

Docking Day - by Amanda Jackson  SJ. pt.2 No.4 2010

Please answer in complete sentences.

1. Take a screenshot of the story and insert into this document.

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2. What do you think this story is about?I think it is about a family holiday.Its about a family who goes docking every year.

3. In your own words explain the phrase ‘I curled up like a koru’ and what this

means in the context of the story.I think it means like you curled up like a koru in bed to sleep.”Hugging the last pieces of your dream”.

4. Explain the term ‘docking’ in this story. Use the online dictionary to find and record

another meaning for this word.Cut short (An animal's tail)

5. What did Aunt Mollie organise for breakfast?Toast.

6. Why did the lamb need to be docked? Share your opinion about this practice.Because they were old enough to be docked.

7. Explain why the children looked forward to docking each year. Because they liked to roll down the hill’s,chase rabbits and play every wild.Do you or your family

have an annual event that all the children and young people look forward to each

year? Share your experience.Sometimes we go and look for some pigs and have a family reunion at the marae.

8. What had the Aunties promised the children yesterday?The aunties promised them the boys that they are going to bake pies, biscuits ,cakes and bread.

9. Explain the condition of the road up to the far end of the farm. Use evidence from

the story to support your answer.

10. Use the illustrations on pages 18 & 19 to write a description of the farmland.

11. Why do you think the writer used the similie of maggots to describe the sheep surge

over the crests of hills? Because the sheep are like the same colour and they all are in bunches from the sky it will look like heaps of maggots.

12. Complete the key vocabulary table:

Word	what you think it means	dictionary definition
crest	A bunch of grass swishing along the lanes	The top of something, esp. a mountain or hill she reached the crest of the hill
maggot	A little insect I think it is a baby fly?	A soft-bodied legless larva, esp. that of a fly found in decaying matter
stumble	Stomp around and find your way triply.	rip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall
squinted	When you need to close your eye’s a bit to help you see properly in a bright light.	Look at someone or something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light
surge	A powerful movement.	sudden powerful forward or upward movement, esp. by a crowd or by a natural force such as the waves or tide
gape	To stare at someone with amazement	Stare with one's mouth open wide, typically in amazement or wonder

Use the above words in sentences of your own. You need to use one adjective and

one verb in each sentence. Highlight each one in a different color as shown.

(Example - Sione cut open his packet of chicken noodles and dropped them into the

shiny steel pan of hot water to cook.)