WIND CHIMES

  -Wind chimes

Define these words from the text

• Yielding- something not hard or rigid

• Wilderness- is the wild

• Batons- stick 

• Wood splintering 

• Hauled- forced to be pulled

• Settlement- when they set up their house or something

• Scarcely- able to breathe 

• Droned- a low humming sound

• Stifling-very hot room causing difficulties to breathe 

• Unsteady - something that's not ready to use 

• Disobedience- Disobedience means failure or refusal to obey rules or someone.

• Barely- don't really know them

• Clarity- being coherent and intelligible.

• Ridge long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.

• Porch- a covered protecting in the front entrance.

• Upstream opposite direction  

Explain what a ‘muse’ is.

• Where was Tre the day the voids turned up? How do you know? He was in class because you can see 

the teacher reading a book.

• What is the author implying by saying “as if they had done it a thousand times before?” (page 4)in the town it looked like that the voids have destroyed that town before.

• Where are Tre’s mum and dad? Why do you think this? At the hidden place

• What language feature is “as white as a hospital sheet”. it is white metaphor

• Who/what was the “one exception”. What does that mean?Muse

• How many regions are there? How do you know? What might be in the other regions? 7 region

• Where did the other kids at the new school come from? How long had they been there? How do you know? 

• What happens on page 8 that gives you a hint to something that might happen later in the story? The “run sign”

• Who said “Do Something, Tell me I’m not alone” on page 9. Tre said it .

• Do you think Muse spelt out RUN just for Tre, or do you think it's always there on her table? Why?spelt out RUN just for Tre because she knew that tre went to get out because he was different.

• How far away was the new school from Tre’s old house? How do you know this?very far away 2-3 days because it said the voids have been quiet for a few days.

• Does hushed mean killed? How do you know? If not, what else could it mean?no it means get hurt

• What is “the pen” (page 11)’ prison

• What was dad trying to tell Tre? Why couldn’t he just tell him where his/mum were? Because guards were listening.

• On page 14, what happens to tre when “his voice catches”? He catched a feeling 

• Why is Muse the one who rows the boat? Cause tre know where to go

• What language feature is “The harakeke closes in, swallowing them up”.the harakeke is coming closer