SPECIAL JEAN LITTLE EDITION
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MAMA'S GOING TO BUY YOU A MOCKINGBIRD APPROACH PAPER
Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird is the story of Jeremy Talbot who has a little sister called Sarah. Their mother was away with their father, Adrian, at the hospital because he was very sick. So Jeremy stayed at the cottage with Sarah and their Aunt Margery. Three weeks later their father and mother came back and told the children that he had cancer. A couple of weeks later their father went shopping in Bracebridge and bought a stone owl for Jeremy and a doll for Sarah. Jeremy called his owl Hoot. A couple of weeks later his father went back to the hospital and died. Jeremy made a friend called Tess Medford. Character Descriptions Jeremy: - thoughtful, afraid, imaginative, fair Tess: - lonely, intelligent, tall, old-fashioned Adrian: - determined, joker, understanding, kind Discussion Questions 1. Can you explain how Jeremy felt when he found out that his father had died? 2. Whey didn't Jeremy's mother go to eat the hamburgers at the Barr's house? 3. Why wasn't Adrian worried when he found out that he had cancer? Key Passage (from chapter 17 page 107-108) Mum was waiting for them in the kitchen. Her face told them something was terribly wrong before she said a word Sarah was the one to break the silence. "What's the matter? she said, her voice shrill with alarm. Mum pulled out the chair nearest to her, and sat down and reached out to them. "Your father's dead. Adrian's dead. He died at three o'clock this afternoon." Key Passage Explanation This passage explains to us that the mother really doesn't believe it, that her husband died because we could see it on her face and that Sarah was very worried. I chose this passage because I guessed that it would happen from what I had read earlier in the book. |
