The Silver Sword – Chapter 15

? The Silver Sword – Chapter 15What is different about this chapter from the others you have read so far? Why do you think the author has chosen to write in this way? (Open question)What is the purpose of the phrase Later that week at the start of the chapter. What part of speech is it? 94Who is Jane? P94What do you think blitzed means? P94What does the British officer think of the chimpanzee? How do you know? P95Why didn’t the chimp harm the officer and his driver? P95What’s an urchin? P96Who was the boy? P96How did Jan calm the monkey? P96Why did the monkey get angry again? What did it do? P97Why does the officer say that he doesn’t help the driver? P99 Do you agree (open)What did he find in the dirt? P99Why did Jan burst into tears on page 100?Why is the phrase “sort of paper-weight” separated by dashes? P100Why do you think the British officer helped the four children? P101Who do you think he liked the most? Why? P100 – 101What is a PS? P101Why doesn’t the British officer care that Frau Schmidt says that the children had stolen her silver? P101Do you agree with the British officer when he didn’t care about the silver being stolen? P101 (open question)Who do you think returned the silver? Why? GImagine you are the British officer’s wife or one of his children. Write a letter in reply to the officer’s letter, you may want to tell him about what life is like in England now, how you are doing at school etc. (Try to use as many experiences of what you do today as possible, but remember there were no computers, tablets, phones or computer games or even children’s TV in the 1940s). ................
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