Feelings/ Emotions
Explain how the old man on the ground affected Ishmael.
Ishmael felt bad for the old man because in the text it says "young people were required to respect their elders & everyone in the community." page 33.
organize the steps they took to get out the woods at the end of the chapter and pull text evidence
Ishmael had yelled out for them and crawled to them. They next had to crawl all the way to the path that lead them to the village. "walking back toward the village where we spent most our hunger days."
What type of people are the rebels looking to recruit?
THe rebels were looking for young, troung, and healthy recruits.
Explain how hunger affected the boys
They were willing to do whatever it took to get some food.
make observations of the gunshots they heard and actions while kneeling next to the river
The gunshots were loud and not far from the village. They all ran out to the woods in fear. They were all lying flat on the ground trying to protect themselves.
How would you compare the rebels from ishmael and his friends?
The rebels were young as the group.
What can you say about the boys emotion/ reactions when the rebels rose from behind the dried grass with their guns?
They were surprised and avoided contact. "he was sweating.."
Describe how the rebels were going to show them how to become stronger and pull evidence from the text
They kept saying that they will kill or hurt until they understand what is going on. "we are going to initiate all of you by killing these people in front of you. We have to do this to show you blood and make you strong"
How do you compare the old man to ishmael?
They were both looking for their family and both deeply cared about their family.
Use details from the text to describe what you can say about how the boys were feeling when they were kneeling next to the river.
They felt sad and helpless because, in the text on page 34 it says "I turned around and looked at junior whose eyes were red because he was trying to hold back tears." Another example is "I began to cry quietly and all of a felt dizzy."
Describe how the boys will change their way of being hidden the next time they go to town.
They will be more cautious and more aware of their surroundings. They will know they were going to be ambushed.
Compare the reactions of the women getting captured at the end of the chapter to ishmael being captured at the beginning.
Both Ishmael and the women's emotions were of fear and of shocked.
Describe how Ishmael may have felt when he looked up at his brother and rubbed his head and why.
Ishmael had felt secured and feared that it would have been the last time to see his brother. He knew that no matter what he would always have Junior.
Describe the emotions beah felt when he was in the forest, waiting for an hour.
He was scared and didnt know what to expect. Beah thought they were not going to make it out of there. All they were hearing was people screaming, the ones that was captured.
They both felt surprise and fear. "The rebels rose from behind dried grass and pointed their guns at Gibrilla."