April 18, 21, 22

 April 18

Ten to Midnight (Chapter 4)

1. What is Tommo talking about in the opening paragraph?

2. Who is Lambert and what is his job?

3. What punishment does the Colonel want to give the boys after they are caught poaching? What punishment do they end up receiving?

4. What is different about Molly’s appearance after her illness?

5.  Why does Ms McAllister call Mr Munnings ‘a wicked, wicked man’?

6. Why do you think the visit of the aeroplane leaves the  children breathless?

7. Imagine that you could read Bertha’s mind. What might she be thinking about in the old forester’s shack? Write down some of  her thoughts.

April 21

Reading aloud -  Twenty-four Minutes Past Twelve  (Chapter 5)

Homework:  Answer the following questions in your notebook

1. Why is Tommo thinking about foxes and owls at the start of this chapter?

2. How does Charlie’s mother stop the Colonel from punishing him?

3.  What nursery rhyme does Big Joe like to sing?

4. Why is Molly forbidden from seeing Charlie?

5. Why doesn’t Tommo mind being a ‘go-between postman’?

6. How does Charlie first hear news of the war?

7. Write some lines that Tommo may have written in his diary, after finding out that Charlie had been meeting Molly in secret.

8. ‘The Colonel had total control over the happiness of the Peaceful family’. Write down whether you agree or disagree with this, and why.

Read: Nearly Five To One (Chapter 6)

April 22 - Nearly Five To One  (Chapter 6)
Answer the following questions in your notebook.
1. Why does Big Joe go missing?
2. Who takes part in the search for Big Joe?
3. Why does Molly suggest that they search in the Church
4. Write a few lines about a time when you found something that was very important to you that you feared you had lost.
5. What do you think Big Joe means when he says ‘Ungwee. Ungwee.'?

Twenty-eight Minutes Past One (Chapter 7)
1. How does the first paragraph of this chapter relate to events in the previous chapter?
2. What is the ‘broken promise’ that Tommo says was responsible for bringing him to France?
3. Why does Tommo feel both overjoyed and miserable on the evening when he learns that Molly is pregnant?
4. What fills Tommo with shame after seeing the soldiers?
5. How is the Colonel able to force Charlie to go to war?
6. Why do you think Tommo decides to go to war with Charlie?

7. Write down five words that you think describe how Tommo feels as he leaves on the train with his brother.

Homework  -  Read: Fourteen Minutes Past Two  (Chapter 8)  and
                                    A Minute Past Three (Chapter 9)