Shooting Stars
Language Features
Survival story conventions
TEEP
Food
100
The main character of Shooting Stars.
Who is Egan Tucker?
100
The language feature used in this sentence, "The city is like a bonfire that needs constant feeding."
What is simile?
100
The street kids working together to break Egan out of hospital.
What is the role of teamwork in survival?
100
The words TEEP stands for.
What is Topic Sentence, Evidence, Explanation, Purpose?
100
The Tongan dish made of lamb with coconut cream wrapped in taro leaves.
What is Lu Sipi?
200
What Egan writes Reggie to express his feelings for her.
What is a poem?
200
The language feature used in this line of Egan's poem: "My love is not a sweet red flower in a vase of crystal clear."
What is metaphor?
200
Details that show the extreme danger of the situation.
What is describing the life-or-death scenario?
200
"This proves..." or "This shows..." are common sentence starters for this part of TEEP.
What is explanation?
200
Samoan dumplings drenched in a soup-like sauce made from coconut cream and brown sugar.
What is pani popo?
300
The shape Moana saw in the clouds when the old woman died.
What is a canoe?
300
The language feature used in this excerpt: "The rope was white with blue flecks. It now was red and blotchy but looked dark brown in the moonlight."
What is imagery?
300
The Captain Cooker getting shot just before it got to Egan.
What is highlighting how lucky the survivor is?
300
The part of TEEP taken directly from the text.
What is evidence?
300
Sometimes considered Cook Islands' national dish, it is raw fish marinated in coconut juice and lime.
What is Ika Mata/ota/oka/otaika?
400
The Italian landmark Egan always wanted to see.
What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
400
The language feature in almost every line of this poem:
What is repetition?
400
Egan's continued belief that he would find his moma.
What is highlight the role of faith or hope in survival?
400
The part of TEEP where a writer would explain the impact of a language feature on the audience.
What is Purpose?
400
A South Indian dish, it is a thin, savoury crepe in made from a fermented batter of ground black gram and rice.
What is a dosa?
500
The book series that inspired Egan's story about a boy wizard.
What is Harry Potter?
500
The language feature from this sentence: "The ocean swallowed the tiny boat in one giant gulp."
What is personification?
500
Egan adapting to the challenges of living in the bush, the city, and at his father's house.
What is highlighting how resilient the survivor is?
500
Qualities of a strong topic sentence.
What are clear and specific, debatable, and related to the prompt?
500
Mr. Woodard's favourite flavour of crisps.
What is salt 'n' vinegar?