chapter 1

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of first person narration?you can only see it through her eyes  
2. Why do you think Ellie needs to tell the story in chronological order?so you can see what is going to happen through the story
3. Pick one interesting word from the chapter, find its meaning, and explain why it is interesting.the the means alot of things it can be the start of lots of titels and more. I chosse this word becouse it was the only word i could remember.
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.