Transcript Katy of sky road – Chapter 26-37

Katy of sky road – Chapter 26-37
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1. “I did a terrible thing….” I begin and
explain about the pillows in my b ed
and the burglar bars, and as I tell him I
begin to feel my world crashing around
me. I can’t believe that I could be so
devious. (Ch. 27, p 112)
a. Using direct speech and starting with the
words, “I did a terrible thing…” write
down what Katy told Ricardo and Rasta
she had done to get out of the house.
2b) How
Hector’s story about
their fights relate to Katy’s
nightmares?
• Katy always dreamed of her mom
falling down the stairs. She
thought Hector pushed her mom
but he did not. Katy could not
remember that her mom did not
die from the fall.
c) Why does
have “his”
jacket?
The night Ricardo dropped Katy
off at her house it was raining.
He insisted that she take his
jacket.
Ricardo is the one
comes
to pick her up when she
escapes from Wesley.
4.
I get into the car very eagerly but immediately
notice something is wrong. (Ch. 30, p125)
No. She should have trusted
her instinct and left.
Wesley holds her hand and calls her
his girlfriend.
They look for someone called Lange.
Wesley takes her to the old factory.
5a Why do you think so much
Afrikaans and slang is used at the
beginning of Chapter 31?
• It is the way the people talk there.
• It helps you to identify the different
characters.
5b). In general, do you think that the use of Afrikaans
and slang improves the story or not? Explain your
answer.
• Yes. It makes the characters more realistic
and believable.
6). A sub-plot is another strand of the story, usually of
minor characters.
Explain how the story of Zeke’s addiction to tik and
Auntie Rose’s attempt to find Hector a partner form
sub-plots in this novel.
You follow Zeke’s addiction from the beginning
to the end.
You follow Auntie Rose’s attempts with interest.
7). Look back at the earlier chapters in the novel. What
clues suggested that Wesley was dealing tik?
Wesley always met Zeke somewhere private.
Wesley always had money.
Katy is locked
up in factory
Katy goes
back to school
Escapes
through
bathroom
window
Katy talks to
the police
Hector and
Brenda like
each other
Scales the
wire fence
Katy is taken
home, Hector
meets Ricardo
and Brenda
Katy and
Ricardo win
the
competition
Meets group of
men who lends
her their
cellphone
Ricardo picks
her up
Ricardo
goes to
America
Katy calls
Ricardo
Katy will
finish school
9). How effective do you find the ending to
this novel? Do you think it is
or
far-fetched? Explain your answer in full.