Leave by Marie Keir
School Journal Part 3, Number 3 2008
Answer the following questions in red
WALT:Use our prior knowledge to apply, analyse and retell events in a story.
Looking at the title of the story and the image on the first page, what is this story about?
I think the story is about a girl and her family. And i think that the story is about a little gri getting a camel from her mum
Why didn’t she say that she had missed mums spell?
she’d missed mum’s smell but didn't say that.
What did mum put in Jade’s hands? Describe it.
it was a camel with some stitched in red and white, wearing a heavy cover over its two humps, it had a necklace around it neck, it had pompoms of green and gold.
Where do you think Jade’s mother has come home from?
she has came from the army.
What country do you think this story is set in, what is your reason for this?
Afghanistan. Because it show in the story.
What does the word inspected mean? Put this into a sentence of your own
look at someone or something closely, and discover how it is made
Who does peacekeeping for work, what does this mean?
Peacekeeping means like your country has a war a your country asks for peace and if they say yes your country may have to give them a hand shake.
Where is Afghanistan, find three facts about this country.
Afghanistan is a landlocked country sharing borders with Iran, the largest country in Afghanistan is Kabul, Afghanistan is also rich in natural resources with the main ones being natural gas and oil.
How do you think Ellie feels that her parents work in these types of occupations, how would you feel?
I think that she feels hurtful and i think that she would probably want to stay home She is giving her life to her country to fight in the army. I will feel sad if my mum went in the army and if she dies I will feel like caring of my lungs and I will feel hurtful
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