Wednesday, June 14, 2017

horse of death

The black horse of death

1.        Why is Unal in bed?   

Example answers
--> He's in bed sick with measles.  (5 points)
 -->  Unal's in bed because he is sick.  (4 points)  
--> Because he's sick.  (3 points.)
-->  he's sick (2 points)
--> sick (1 point)

2.        What did the doctor order him to do?

3.        What did Unal’s grandmother tell him to do?

4.        Why did Unal go to the toy shop?

5.        Where is Unal’s father and mother?

6.        What could Unal see from his bedroom window?

7.        Who took care of Unal day to day?

8.        Where did Unal hide in the toyshop?

9.        What did Unal’s grandmother find when she went into his room that evening?

10.    What did the women in the street see in the toyshop window?


11.    How did they bury Unal?

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

hunters

Little hunters at the lake 

1.        What is the mood or feeling in the story?

2.        “Peker spoke for all of us.”  (page 12)  What does this mean?

3.        On page 17, Hikmet said,  “I was afraid of this and I didn’t want it to happen.” What does “it” mean?

4.        Why did Hikmet believe (see page 18) that the cranes forgave them?

5.        Why (see page 15) were the boys’ mouths open in surprise?

6.        Why did the boys decide to visit the grave? What did they discover there?