Explore the focus word by completing the
activities below.
Read chapters 5 and 6. Record your thoughts about
each of the three questions in the spaces below.
The looking question is ...
Look up the focus
Make up a sentence
word in a dictionary
using the focus word.
What is the crooked hand?
The clue question is ...
What does the sunbird tell them?
crevice
The thinking question is ...
Are the villagers’ problems solved forever?
The Song of Sky and Sand • Week 10 • Day 2
The Song of Sky and Sand • Week 10 • Day 1
and write a definition.
Do you have any questions? Write them here.
Write a word or phrase
48
that means the same
Draw a picture that
as the focus word.
shows the focus word.
49
Think about the conversations you have had
about this text. What more have you learned?
Complete the activities below.
In the space below, draw a map to show the
journey that Ramata, Yusuf and Grandma went
on from Simbi to the spring. Label each point
and say what happened there.
The Song of Sky and Sand • Week 10 • Day 5
The Song of Sky and Sand • Week 10 • Day 4
Explain the riddle in your own words.
Argue that Ramata and Yusuf should
remember the old ways.
Imagine that you are the leader of the village of
Simbi. Who will you let use the water and why?
Feedback
50
51