H is for Hawk
What is the text type?
Autobiography
How would you describe the whole structure of the text?
Chronological
Who wrote the passage?
George Alagiah
The passage is about hunting....
narwhals
Where did their expedition take place?
near Antarctica
Complete the full title of the article, "Young and dyslexic? You've..."
got it going on
What animal does she watch racing?
Donkeys
Where does Jamie Zeppa originate from?
Canada
Why does she adopt a hawk?
To distract her from the loss of her father
What is the central character's name?
Adeline
When do the events take place?
1991 -1992
What is the purpose of the text?
To inform about Inuits
To argue the merits on hunting
Where was the article first published?
The Guardian newspaper
Name one of the themes of this passage
Overcoming obstacles/ learning difficulties
In which country does she observe this race?
Pakistan
What geographical feature is her initial focus on?
Mountains
What type of hawk does she adopt?
A goshawk
What makes her father proud in the passage?
She won an International writing competition
What is the recurring feature throughout this text?
The smile he will never forget
How does the writer feel about watching the hunters?
Conflicted: she sympathises with the narwhal but knows the people need food
Who called them "boys messing about with a helicopter"?
Ms Vestey
Brooks' wife
one of the explorer's wives
What is Zephaniah most famous for?
Writing poetry/ books
Who wrote this passage?
Emma Levine
What is Zeppa's viewpoint by the end of the passage?
Admiration/ respect
Where is the climax in the passage?
When Macdonald realises she has the wrong hawk but is attached to the first one
Why is the narrator considered unlucky in the text?
Her mother died shortly after giving birth to her
"It was rotting; she was was rotting" - what technique does the writer use here?
Syntactic parallelism
The writer's name is...
Kari Herbert
What is the tone of the passage?
Disapproving/ judgemental/ critical
Complete the quotation:
We re the architechts...
we are the designers
How does she feel after finding out Yaqoob is too young to drive?
Glad she didn't know at the time
What is the anme of the capital of Bhutan where she stays?
Thimphu
Name one thing she compares the second hawk to
a Victorian Melodrama
a madwoman in the attack
How does she feel/ what is her viewpoint at the end of the extract?
She is delighted to be allowed to go and study in England
Happy
Acceptance
What is the writer's viewpoint of the person he encountered?
He feels guilty for being there and questions his role as a reporter
When was the text written?
2002
What counter argument does the writer present about the men?
They have lots of previous experience such as-
Smith had been in helicopters since he was a child
Brooks has trekked Everest
Brooks' honeymoon was a 3 month helicopter trip
Why did Zephaniah take revenge on a teacher by stealing his car and driving it into his garden?
The teacher told the class 'Nazis weren't that bad'
To what 1970s cartoon does the author make and allusion at the start of the extract?
The Wacky Races
What are the author's views on the shops in the city?
They are all the same OR they feel old-fashioned