Tomorrow, When the war began

27.03.18

Chapter One: Absent 

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of first-person narration? 
2. Why do you think Ellie needs to tell the story in chronological order? 
3. Pick one interesting word from the chapter, find its meaning, and explain why it is interesting.
4, John Marsden foreshadows several events and characters in this chapter. Make three predictions based on the evidence in the text about what may occur later in the story. 
5. What kind of story do you think Ellie is going to tell? 
Uses evidence from the text to support your answers.
 6. What set of skills do these characters have that convince their parents that they can ‘go bush’ independently. Find examples for three characters

Chapter Two: 1. How did the group of teenagers ascend Tailors Stitch? 
2. What are the two special events happening the day after the teenagers leave for the bush? 
3. How many days were they planning on staying?
4. How much food do you think is reasonable to bring, split among 7 teenagers? 
5. Who is the Hermit and what is he supposed to have done? 
6. Do you think the Hermit will be significant to this story? Why/Why not? Are their decent down Satan’s Steps into Hell dangerous? Discuss what are the dangers, how could they have made it safer, what would you have done?
7. Predict what the bridge signifies

1.  They used a land rover and it was Ellie's dad's car.
2. A. Commemoration Day B. Wirraweee show
3. 5 days and Heaps of food that is also filling.
4. Hermit is the old man who "apparently" lives on the old mountain, and "apparently" murder his wife and daughter.
5. Yes, because the author can't just put it in there for no reason. There has to be a reason why Hermit is written in the story, so he must have a purpose.
6. Yes, the dangers are they could possibly fall or slip which they may or may not hurt themselves. The blocks may not be stable. To avoid this they could look for another way?
7. It signifies that someone around has built a bridge.