Arbeitsblatt: Walkabout - James Vance Marshall

ACTIVITIES WALKABOUT James Vance Marshall AUSTRALIEN BIRDS AND ANIMALS WALKABOUT 1 EASYREADERS YVONNE NAME THE ANIMALS koala wallaby wombat cockatoo dingo marsupial tiger cat kookaburra bustard Introduction and Chapter 1 WALKABOUT 2 EASYREADERS YVONNE Before you read 1 What do you know about Australia? INTERNET. How big is it? How many people live there? Where are the big cities? How many people are Aboriginal? When did they come to Australia? 2 Read the introduction, and answer these questions. Find the words in your dictionary. What is Walkabout? How long does boy have to survive? Is he alone, or does his family help him? Why is life in the Australian bush difficult? Why are two American children lost? Where did their plane crash? Is it far to the city of Adelaide? 3 Answer these questions. Find the words in your dictionary. Are ante big or small? Are they fish or insects? Is desert wet or dry? Is flower plant or an animal? Can you build wall or boat from rocks? After you read 4 Discuss these questions. Is Mary clever? Is she kind? What will be the children biggest problem in the desert? 5 Work with another student. Have this conversation. Student A: You are Mary. Peter is swimming in the middle of the river. You are angry with him. Student B: You are Peter. You are not baby. (But you want her help when you have ants in your trousers!) WALKABOUT 3 EASYREADERS YVONNE Chapters 23 Before you read 6 James Vance Marshall wrote this story in the 1950s. Mary home is in Charleston, South Carolina. Why ist his important fort he story? Waht do you know about life in the south of the USA at this time? 7 What do the words in this chart mean? Talk about them. Use the words below, and your dictionary. death heaven hill clothes people in charge after life sneeze piece mountain naked tribe boss ill without not all After you read 8 Discuss these questions. Why is the bush boy naked? How do Peter and Mary understand the bush boy? How does Mary know that the bush boy is friendly? How does the bush boy help Peter and Mary? Why does the bush boy walk into the desert? 9 Mary has two problems. Which are they? The desert is dirty. She is too hot. She feels alone when Peter plays with the bush boy. She doesnt like the bush boy. She thinks that the bush boy can kill them. She thinks that he cant help them. She is afraid of the bush boy because he is young man. WALKABOUT 4 EASYREADERS YVONNE Chapters 45 Before you read 10 What do you think? Will Mary, Peter and the bush boy survive in the desert? Will Mary and Peter find their way home? Will they meet other people? Who will be in charge at the end of the story: the bush boy, Mary or Peter? 11 If you catch cold, how do you feel? After you read 12 In the story: what changes between Mary and the bush boy? what does Mary learn about life? why does the bush boy die? how do things change between Mary and Peter? 13 Discuss the questions. Is this sad story or happy story? What did you learn from the story? WALKABOUT 5 EASYREADERS YVONNE Writing 14 Mary arrives in small town. She telephones Uncle Keith. Write the telephone conversation. Begin: Mary: Hello. Is that Uncle Keith? 15 Mary remembers day from her life in the bush. Write it for her. Begin: woke up early and . 16 Peter remembers day in the bush. Write it for him. Begin: First had swim. Then . 17 Mary and Peter are in Adelaide now. Write about the bush boy for newspaper. What are the good things about him and his life? How did he help the American children? WALKABOUT 6 EASYREADERS YVONNE MAP OF AUSTRALIA WALKABOUT 7 EASYREADERS YVONNE WALKABOUT 8 EASYREADERS YVONNE