Wind chimes

 Wind chimes

Define these words from the text

• Yielding - The word

• Wilderness -Place for hours

• Batons - Sounds

• Wood splintering - Wood falling

• Hauled - pull

• Settlement -People

• Scarcely able to breathe - Smaller but scarcely and able to breathe in and out

• Droned - Jail

• Stifling - side to side

• Unsteady - Scarcely

• Disobedience - lie,bad and not so good

• Barely recognisable - Not they

• Clarity - Clearness

• Ridge - Mountain

• Porch - Bed

• Upstream - Up

Explain what a ‘muse’ is.

• Where was Tre the day the voids turned up?In class with the kids in his class. How do you know?It in the book

• What is the author implying by saying “as if they had done it a thousand times before?” They have done it before or they make a joke. (page 4)

• Where are Tre’s mum and dad? They went to be slaves.Why do you think this?They went in a different direction.

• What language feature is “as white as a hospital sheet”.Another Language Which means I hate building blocks Because it keeps breaking down.

• Who/what was the “one exception”.Tre and He built a boat What does that mean?Doesn't follow the rules.

• How many regions are there? How do you know? What might be in the other regions?

• Where did the other kids at the new school come from?Different scores. How long had they been there?Probably 3 weeks or 5 weeks.How do you know?They are so focused.

• What happens on page 8 that gives you a hint to something that might happen later in the story?Tre built a boat and the lady said that's better we don't want another muse.

• Who said “Do Something, Tell me I’m not alone” on page 9.Tre in his mine.

• Do you think Muse spelt out RUN just for Tre, or do you think it's always there on her table?I think she said out run. Why? She only spelt it when he came and so they could escape.

• How far away was the new school from Tre’s old house?It probably took 3 or 5 hours to get to the city How do you know this? Where has old school is it is really sunny and the city is dark.

• Does hushed mean killed?Yes.How do you know? Page 6 when he was friends with the two girls it said “I bet his parents were hushed which means kill I”. what else could it mean?Killed or hurt.

• What is “the pen” (page 11) The place they are staying in. 

• What was dad trying to tell Tre? Why couldn’t he just tell him where his/mum were?

• On page 14, what happens to Tre when “his voice catches”?His voice was dried.

• Why is Muse the one who rows the boat? So tre can lead the way.

• What language feature is “The harakeke closes in, swallowing them up”.