Reading Task Letters from the Lighthouse Listen to

Reading Task Letters from the Lighthouse

Listen to the next chapter ‘Together’. Think about or note down the key points. #3 Together

Summary Write a summary of what happened in this chapter. What were the key points?

Retrieval Why was the lighthouse swaying? What does Olive compare the storm to? When is Day 19? What secret had Queenie been keeping from Esther?

Inference Olive tells Esther what’s happening almost instantly. What does this tell you about the relationship between the two girls at this point in the story? Why do you think the man with the violin was sobbing?

Prediction Here is the opening of the next chapter ‘It’s a full-time job to win’. We now had to get everyone quickly and quietly off the beach. ‘Here, carry these, will you? ’ Miss Carter thrust a bundle of clothes into my arms. ‘We’re taking everyone to Queenie’s. Torches off. We don’t want to attract attention. ’ There were thirty-two refugees in total: thirty-two frightened, wet, exhausted people who’d travelled through a storm in a sailing boat meant to hold ten. How awful their lives back home must’ve been to take such a risk.

And these weren’t fighters or soldiers, but the sort of people you’d walk past everyday in the street: men with grey hair, a girl and her brother holding hands, two old ladies whose dripping wet glasses kept sliding down their noses. Baby Reuben, now safely wrapped in his blanket again, back in his mother’s arms. But, to my growing concern, there was no sign of a pretty seventeen-year-old girl amongst them. Mrs Henderson seemed to be looking for someone too: ‘I’ve not seen her yet, ’ she was saying to Queenie. ’I’d recognise her from her picture, I’m sure I would. ’ Following the crowd along the beach, I caught up with Ephraim. He was carrying a bedroll under one arm, a suitcase in the other.

‘Have you seen Sukie? ’ I asked him. ‘She’s not here, Olive. ’ He sounded irritated. ‘So she can’t be involved, can she? ’ ‘She must be, ’ I insisted. ‘She had the code. ’ In frustration, he raised his shoulders skywards. ‘I don’t know what’s happened, all right? A mix-up? An accident? All I know is, she’s not here, so stop asking. ’

What do you think happens next? Will they find Sukie? Why is Ephraim getting annoyed with Olive asking about Sukie?

Extension Task In the text, when writing about the refugees on the boat, Emma Carroll said ‘how awful their lives back home must’ve been to take such a risk. ’ Do some reading and research about refugees using these links. https: //www. bbc. co. uk/newsround/48660079 https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/clips/zbrd 2 hv What did you find out?