Independent Homework: Public Transport

1. Public Transport cartoon:
Based on the debate today, explain why you should use public transport instead of a car. Include 3 paragraphs with 3 main ideas and add details. Write at least 150 words and remember to be original.

2. Draw a mind map to write about the services offered by the Online Planner.

3. Draw a table to list the advantages and disadvantages of the Night Rider?

4. Generate your spelling list based on both articles.

Chapter 11, pg 98

"A good laugh, that - cleaning up the camp."

Why did Brian choose the words ' good laugh' to decribe the cleaning of the camp?

Do you agree with Brian that cleaning up was just a joke? Explain why.

Chapter 10, pg 97

"He had forgotten to think about them and that wasn't good. He had to keep thinking of them because if he forgot them and did not think of them they might forget about him."

1. Explain clearly why Brian forgot to think about the searchers?

2. Do you agree with Brian that if he doesn't think about the seachers, no one would search for him? Tell us why.

Chapter 12, pg 110

"He put all his life into his legs, jumped logs and moved through brush like a light ghost, swiveling and running, his lungs filling and blowing and now the sound was louder . . . "

1. Explain clearly what creates the powerful movement in these sentences?

2. Describe 3 images you see when you read this excerpt.

Chapter 12, pg 112

"All silly and gone. No bows, no spears, or fish or berries, it was all silly anyway, just a game. He could do a day, but not forever - he could not make it if they did not come for him someday."

1. Why did Brian refer to the very factors that kept him alive as 'just a game'?

2. What changed Brian's attitude at this moment in the story? Do you agree or disagree with him?

Chapter 13, pg 114

" . . . breathing gently through his mouth to keep silent, letting his eyes and ears go out and do the work for him."

1. How did his eyes and ears do the work for him?

2. How is Brian different from what he was at the beginning of the story?

Chapter 14, pg 122

"' Get out of here. . . '
He was going to say more, some silly human word . . . "

1. Why did the author use the adjectives "silly" and "human" together to describe the words used by Brian?

2. How did the skunk teach Brian about the survival of the fittest?

Chapter 15, pg 129

"The days had folded one into another and mixed. . .
Real time he measured in events. A day was nothing to remember . . . "

1.What does the author mean by saying that the days folded one into another?

2. If you were Brian, what would be the most important 'days' in that wilderness?

Chapter 15, pg 136

"... so much of all living was patience and thinking."

1. Describe one event when Brian had no patience and no thinking.

2. When do you think was the turning point for Brian when he started to think and be patient?

Chapter 16, pg 144

"So strange, he thought.
A mystery sound. A spirit sound. A bad sound."

1. Why did the author choose these three disticnt adjectives?

2. Explain the effect of placing these three phrases next to each other.

Chapter 16, pg 147

".... back to square one. Just like that. A flip of some giant coin and he was the loser."

1. What does Brian mean by 'back to square one'?

2. Explain clearly what the choice of words 'the loser' tells us about the state of mind of Brian at that moment?