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Opening excerpt from 3-6.
The Sunset - Page 29 - 35 - This is the first prose chapter from Catching.
The Truths - p55-57
The Deaths P98-102
The Feed and The Grey P109-117
The Dream P155-163
The End From Page 180 onwards until the end of the book.

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Literary Circles are group reading sessions in which your group reads certain parts of the book and then discusses what has happened. Each member should have a chance to share their reflection. 

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Literary Circles are group reading sessions in which your group reads certain parts of the book and then discusses what has happened. Each member should have a chance to share their reflection. 

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Each reading session will involve a task to complete. It is a group effort that requires a lot of collaboration, one of our key school values.

The task should be completed as a team, with one person scribing the responses on the padlet after team discussion.

Each circle (or group) will report back to the class on what has happened in their chapter/excerpt so that the class can better understand the text. The 'reporter' must be a different person to the scribe.

Each person will then complete a summary of their own.

Literary Circles with a ghost story can be like solving a big puzzle!

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Which chapters?

Chapter 1 - The Town P 7-12 (teacher will have done 3-6 as intro.)

The Prisoner - P105-108

The Story P143-147

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Which chapters?

Chapter 3 - The Witness P21-26

The Missing P79-89

The Two - P151-154

The End P175-179 (teacher to read P180 onwards to class)

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Which chapters?

Chapter 5 - The Other Place P 36-46

The Station P68-78

The Colours P121-131

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Which chapters?

Chapter 2 - The Home P 13-20

The Deaths P90-98 (teacher will finish next part from 98-102)

The Catching and The Escape P164 - 172

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Which Chapters?

Chapter 6 - The Beneath P 47-52

Chapter 7 The Truths P58-67 (teacher will have done P55-57 as intro)

The Cop P132-142

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I really like piecing together the story as more information is learnt about the town and what has happened there.

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Students completed a 'fill in the gap' summary activity on these chapters.

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Students completed a 'fill in the gap' summary activity on these chapters.

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Chapter 1: The Town -P3-6 opening extract.

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Chapter 1: The Town -P3-6 opening extract.

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1. Why is Beth’s father so upset?
2. What did Aunty Viv and Aunty June mean when they told Beth she’d see her mother again ‘on another side’? Did Beth believe them?
3. What do you think Beth’s Grandpa Jim meant when he said “Life doesn’t move through time, Bethie. Times moves through life”?
4. When Beth describes her father as having “a lost expression [she’d] come to hate”, what do you think that tells us about Beth’s feeling towards her dad’s grief?
5. In the final paragraph of the extract, describe Beth’s protectiveness over her father.

Sample Summary
Beth's father is so upset because he has lost his daughter, Beth, in a car accident. He is struggling to come to terms with the loss and 'stuck in grief' over it. Beth is protective over her father and she describes him as having a 'lost expression [she'd] come to hate.' meaning that she is effected by the pain he is feeling. He can still see her as a ghost - which is a sign of both of them not being ready to let go. She believes she must watch over him while he heals and so it doesn't become too much for him. Beth's Aunties talk of her seeing her mother 'on another side' in the after life (as her mother died years earlier. Although Beth hadn't seen her yet, she knew she would (when she left her dad). When Beth’s Grandpa Jim said “Life doesn’t move through time, Bethie. Times moves through life”, he means that life happens and you have to go with whatever will be.

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The Town - P 7-12 (teacher will have done 3-6 as intro.) 

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The Town - P 7-12 (teacher will have done 3-6 as intro.) 

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ACTIVITIES
1. Where had the fire taken place?
2. What was found in the fire?
3. Who did they think was the corpse?
4. What happened to the director?
5. Why hasn't Beth's dad spoken to her Aunty Viv lately?
6. What is it showing when Michael Teller says to Beth, "No one lost you more."

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ACTIVITIES
1. What was the suspected cause of the fire?
2. Why was noone overcome with grief about the fire?
3. Describe Catching's reaction to Michael.
4. When Michael tells Catching that he is there to listen, what is her reply?
5. Isobel is thinking about something. How does that make her feel? Provide a quote that supports your view.

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ACTIVITIES
1. Isobel talks about her world being drained of colour. Why is it lacking colour?
2. Isobel says "My heart is hollow". What do you think it is that she is missing? (Which emotion?)
3. How does Isobel describe the 2 figures on the cliff?
4. Catching is described as having colour and being a 'little rainbow'. The fetchers seem to take an interest in this. Why do you think Isobel is seen to be beautiful?
5. The passage ends with her saying she has been 'fetched' what do you think this means?

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ACTIVITIES
1. What was Beth's reaction to the crow?
2. What was the importance of Beth looking after her father?
3. Describe the children in the photo that Michael was looking at.
4. Who funded the Children's Home?
5. What were the roles of Nurse Flint and Director Cavanagh?
6. What was interesting about the children and the fire?
7. Who was found walking the land near the home?

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ACTIVITIES
1.  When Isobel says the earth opened and swallowed her and the fetchers, where do you think they have gone?
2. Find a quote (or 2)  from Isobel that shows what they think of her.
3. Why doesn't Isobel fight back?
4. How do the Fetchers describe their role on page 50?
5. What do the Fetchers do to Isobel once she is inside?

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Students to complete a summary on chapters 1-3 using the literary circle notes to support their responses. 

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Students to complete a summary on chapters 1-3 using the literary circle notes to support their responses. 

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First prose chapter from Catching. Prose is written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without structure.
1. How does Catching handle anger?
2. Who does she think of to control her 'fire'?
3. When Isobel thinks of these people she says 'in [her] heart, she can breathe.' What does this mean?
4. What happened to Isobel and her mother in the storm?
5. What happened to Isobel's Nanna?

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Beth Teller
Michael Teller - Father of Beth and local police detective.
Director - Tom Cavanagh
Nurse - Martin Flint
Isobel Catching
Alexander Sholt - Local wealthy man
Derek Bell - Local police boss
Rachel Ali - Michael's boss.
Allison (Allie) Hartley - another local police.
Sarah Blue - Allie's Indigenous friend who went missing at 14.
Oscar Sholt - Alexander Sholt's Grandfather
Charles Sholt - Alexander Sholt's Dad

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Chapter 5 Questions + Answers (The Other Place) Pages 36-46

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Chapter 5 Questions + Answers (The Other Place) Pages 36-46

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1. Isobel talks about her world being drained of colour. Why is it lacking colour?

Her emotions change.

2. Isobel says "My heart is hollow". What do you think it is that she is missing? (Which emotion?)

Happiness, Isobel doesn't have her mum and dad with her.

Motivation, her mum gave her motivation telling her “live”. Isobel is in pain saying she’ll fade away meaning she doesn't see the point in living anymore as she has lost someone she loves.

Love, She doesn't feel anything anymore, she doesn't have anyone to love her how she loved her mum.

3. How does Isobel describe the 2 figures on the cliff?

As having human features but also having leathery, grey wings with grey robes that hide their heads and bodies. They are both larger, faster and stronger than her. She also says that first is larger than second, and first is the boss.

4. Catching is described as having colour and being a 'little rainbow'. The fetchers seem to take an interest in this. Why do you think Isobel is seen to be beautiful?

The fetches see Isobel beautiful because she’s a young girl who looks pretty. The fetchers also take interest in Isobel because she shows a lot of emotions.

5. The passage ends with her saying she has been 'fetched' . What do you think this means?

What she has said is implying that she has been caught or captured by these larger non-human beings that have been chasing because of her colour(emotions).

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1. What was Beth's reaction to the crow?
Unsure if it had seen her or not.
2. What was the importance of Beth looking after her father?
She didn't want him to be lonely and sad, he also wanted him to forgive Aunty Viv.
3. Describe the children in the photo that Michael was looking at.
The children were sent to a childrens home for troubled children, they were smiling but didn't seem happy in the photo.
4. Who funded the Children's Home?
Alexander Sholt donated the house.
5. What were the roles of Nurse Flint and Director Cavanagh?
Nurse Flint managed the childrens' nutrition and health while Director cavanagh managed the home and classes.
6. What was interesting about the children and the fire?
The children managed to evacuate earlier than expected as if they had seen the fire despite being bedtime.
7. Who was found walking the land near the home?
A girl on drugs 😲

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ACTIVITIES
1. Describe Isobel's friend in the beneath-place.
2. Her friend tells her that she too will be drained of colour and full of screams. What do you think she is warning her about?
3. Crow has been there since the beginning and tries to help others. She says there is only one way people escape, what is it?

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ACTIVITIES
1. Explain what we learn about Oscar Sholt and his fear of the apocalypse.
2. This leads to a suspicion that Alexander Sholt may have been involved in what?
3. What do we find out about Allie's friend Sarah?
4. Finish this sentence... They find a broken window upstairs and believe....
5. The chapter ends with another development. What happens?

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ACTIVITIES
1. Beth describes Catching's gaze as being 'so deep, like there was no end to the things she'd seen.' What does this mean?
2. What do we discover about the re and those involved?
3. How does Beth describe her connection with Catching?
4. Describe Beth's impression of Derek Bell. Use two quotes to support this view.

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The Deaths P90-98 (teacher will ﬁnish next part from 98-102) 

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The Deaths P90-98 (teacher will ﬁnish next part from 98-102) 

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ACTIVITIES
1. The police uncover two victims of a stabbing. Who were they are what do we learn about their bodies?
2. Why do you think Michael sends for a team of officer's from the city?
3. Beth mentions that the way the children were treating in the home was 'not right'. What was stopping good people from being involved?
4. The location of the bodies is also the location of something else, what else happened here?

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The Truths P58-67 (teacher will have done P55-57 as intro) 

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The Truths P58-67 (teacher will have done P55-57 as intro) 

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ACTIVITIES
1. If Catching was abandoned by her mother, why would she have said that she had died?
2. What did Michael suspect Nurse Flint and Director Cavanagh of doing?
3. What do we learn about Catching and Beth when Beth storms back in to the hospital?
4. Why does Catching have this ability?
5. Why was the anger bubbling up inside of Beth?
6. What has made Beth cry by the end of the chapter? Can you link it o the quote "Hang about and hold your dad's hand for the rest of his life"?

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Students to complete a summary on chapters 4-5 using the literary circle notes to support their responses. 

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Students to complete a summary on chapters 4-5 using the literary circle notes to support their responses. 

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1. When Beth says 'there's more to the world that what most people saw' what is she referring to?

2. Michael can tell that Catching no longer wants to talk about her ordeal, why do you think she can't continue?

3. The hospital says that her mother is coming to get her, but Catching had previously told us that her mother died in a storm. Why was she 'telling the truth in a different way?'

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Chapter 9 Questions+Answers (The Station) Pages 68-78

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Chapter 9 Questions+Answers (The Station) Pages 68-78

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1. Beth describes Catching's gaze as being 'so deep, like there was no end to the things she'd seen.' What does this mean?

‘So deep, like there was no end to the things she’d seen implies Catching has seen things no one has seen before. There is no conclusion to her problems and adventures. This also means that Catching has experienced a lot of things during her life, which could mean that she has had a long life, which is odd because Catching is not that old.

2. What do we discover about the fire and those involved?

We discovered that the person who died ‘’in the fire’’ didn’t actually die in the fire but in fact was stabbed. They got stabbed by a weapon that was unusual because it had a sharp blade and it was curved.  We also discover that it wasn’t actually Martin Flint who died in the fire but it was Alexander Sholt.

3. How does Beth describe her connection with Catching?

Beth’s connection with Catching is interesting because Catching can see Beth and Beth is worried that if she goes to see Catching, Catching might make dad sadder because she might start talking about how Beth is wasting her ‘what’s next’ by following dad around.

4. Describe Beth's impression of Derek Bell. Use two quotes to support this view.

Beth thinks Derek Bell is a suspect and has something to do with covering up whatever was happening at the home. We see Beth thinking this in the text when she notices “I studied him with renewed interest, taking in the bags under his eyes and the way his nails were bitten down to the quick. Something was worrying this man.” and this is also evident in the text when dad says “The Sholt family has enough money already, without needing to get tangled up in criminal activities.” and Beth replies “Unless crime is where the Sholts got all their money from in the first place! Either way, Bell is hiding something.”

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1. The police uncover two victims of a stabbing. Who were they are what do we learn about their bodies?
Tom Cavanagh & Director Flint. They were dumped near a storm drain behind locked gates with no sign of tampering.

2. Why do you think Michael sends for a team of officer's from the city?
He doesn’t trust the town cops as they are also suspects in the case.

3. Beth mentions that the way the children were treated in the home was 'not right'. What was stopping good people from being involved?
The owners of the children’s home stopped volunteers so they can do what they did.

4. The location of the bodies is also the location of something else, what else happened here?
The location of the bodies was also where Allie’s friend was last seen before her disappearance.

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ACTIVITIES
1. Michael asks Beth about the 'other place' and what does Beth tell him about her mother?
2. Catching appears more colourful, why do you think that is?
3. Explain the importance of Catching ancestral stories in aiding her survival.

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ACTIVITIES
1. What is different about The Feed?
2. Isobel says she is turning into Crow. What does she mean?  3. What do we learn at the end of this chapter?

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ACTIVITIES
1. Michael tells Catching that he can protect her and her friend. What is her reply?
2. Catching uses her anger and sadness to tell Beth that she needs to move on. What do you think Beth is starting to realise? Find a quote in the last paragraph on page 125 to support this.
3. Why does Catching only want to 'be heard'?
4. I took all of Beth's energy not to cross over. Why was she fighting leaving her Dad?

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ACTIVITIES
1. What are her memories giving Catching in this chapter?
2. Explain Catching's strength in this chapter.
3. Describe the Feed when he is cornered. Does he appear tough?

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ACTIVITIES
1. How does Beth feel at the beginning of this chapter?
2. Why did Sarah's disappearance not get much attention?
3. What was Michael's view on injustice and bad people being enabled by others?
4. Michael breaks down about the loss of Beth in this chapter, how does he feel about her loss?
5. What happened to Derek Bell?

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Students to complete a summary on chapters 6-7 using the literary circle notes to support their responses. .

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Students to complete a summary on chapters 6-7 using the literary circle notes to support their responses. .

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Catching's definition of friendship was that friends tell each other the truth even when it hurts.

Isobel says she had a friend in the beneath-place. But when her smile vanishes and her hand clenches we know that remembering her friend is painful because her friend underground had been good but told her things she didn't want to hear.  "Her friend had told her things that hurt." "Catching had been through something awful."

Isobel wants to 'be heard' because when she was in captivity she had not been listened to. Noone had cared for her wellbeing or safety and she is crying out for help now.

Isobel isn't ready to talk about the fire yet, she would rather discuss her friend, Crow. Instead of responding to the questions from Michael, she wants to talk about things her way because she needs to get it all of her chest now that she is trusting enough to tell someone. She's had to do whatever she was told for far too long in the 'beneath place'.

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The End P175-179 (teacher to read P180 onwards to class) 

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The End P175-179 (teacher to read P180 onwards to class) 

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ACTIVITIES
1. What does Catching reveal is 100 paces to the West?
2. Catching gains a lightness after being heard. Why?
3. What had Oscar Sholt built?

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Students to complete a summary on chapters 8-10 using the literary circle notes to support their responses. 

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Students to complete a summary on chapters 8-10 using the literary circle notes to support their responses. 

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Chapter 12 and 13: The Feed and The Grey P109-117 (SENSITIVE THEMES - MAY BE DISTRESSING). 

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Chapter 12 and 13: The Feed and The Grey P109-117 (SENSITIVE THEMES - MAY BE DISTRESSING). 

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1. How do the fetchers treat Isobel in the room?
2. How is the Feed described? What does this suggest about race?
3. What happens to Isobel when the Feed arrives?
4. "My eyes leak hot tears. My throat rips itself apart with screams I can't scream." Explain the effect of this trauma on Isobel using the quote in your answer.
5. What has happened to the other girls who were here?
6. She says her connections are broken and she is shattered. She is spoken to by her mother, what impact does this have on Catching?

Sample summary
Catching is taken by the Fetchers and treated like property. They go through tunnels and she is dropped on the floor. The Feed arrives, a white, large man who has no respect for Catching as she is Indigenous. She is grabbed and abused by The Feed. She says "My eyes leak hot tears. My throat rips itself apart with screams I can't scream."  This trauma leaves her terrified. The pain she experiences and the hurt that she has felt is too much to bear. Crow informs her that all of the other girls who were here were treated like this and they are all now dead. Catching says her connections are broken and she is shattered. The spirit of her mother speaks to her and Catching says she 'can endure' and get through it with the help of remembering the strength of her ancestors.

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1. Why is Crow crying?
2. Crow says her colours have been 'taken'. What does she mean by this?
3. What impact has being abused had on Crow and Catching?

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Chapter 21 and 22: The End ad The Beginning From Page 180 onwards until the end of the book. 

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Chapter 21 and 22: The End ad The Beginning From Page 180 onwards until the end of the book. 

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1. Who were the Feeds?

2. Who was their first victim 20 years ago?

3. What do we learn about Isobel?

4. Why had Catching been telling Beth the story?

5. What does Beth need to talk to her father about?

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Chapter 14 Questions+Answers (The Colours) Pages 121-131

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Chapter 14 Questions+Answers (The Colours) Pages 121-131

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1. Michael tells Catching that he can protect her and her friend. What is her reply?

She then replies with "Trying to save me?" Her face was stony and remote. Like the rock endures. Too late.’ Meaning catching believes Michael can't help her and her friend. ‘Too late’ interpreting he was too late to protect catching.

2. Catching uses her anger and sadness to tell Beth that she needs to move on. What do you think Beth is starting to realise? Find a quote in the last paragraph on page 125 to support this.

Beth is starting to realise that she should move on and she had been focusing on getting dad back to how he was before she’d died, but she really needs to start trying to get dad to be able to live on without Beth. We can see this in the text when Beth thinks to herself, “I’d been focusing on getting Dad back to who he’d been before I died. Now I was thinking I should have been helping him to go on to become a person who knew how to live in a world where I wasn’t alive.

3. Why does Catching only want to 'be heard'?

She wants to be heard because she can look after herself and be more independent and on her own. She also wants to only be heard because like in question one we find out that it is already too late for Catching to be heard.

4. I took all of Beth's energy not to cross over. Why was she fighting leaving her Dad?

Beth is fighting with her father because he won’t forgive Aunty Viv for the death of Beth from the car crash. Beth tried  to convince her father to accept the call from Aunt Viv but instead he got mad at Beth for annoying him.

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CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS(THE WITNESS) PAGE 21-26

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CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS(THE WITNESS) PAGE 21-26

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1. What was the suspected cause of the fire?

The cause of the fire was very bad wiring 🔥

2. Why was no one overcome with grief about the fire?

No one was overcome with grief because they had no close relation to Tom Cavanagh and Martin Flint. They were also uninterested because they were orphans.

3. Describe Catchings reaction to Michael

Catching reaction to Micheal was conscious and uninterested

4. When Michael tells Catching says that he is there to listen, what is her reply?

“Yeah. you say that now. But when I start talking, you’re gonna tell me there’s no such thing as monsters and other-places”

5. Isobel/Catching is thinking about something. How does that make her feel? Provide a quote that supports her view.

Isobel Catching is thinking about the monsters and other-places ; it makes her feel scared as “her gaze shifted inwards, and the mocking glint has vanished from her eyes.” “It made her nostrils flare and her lips pressed together.

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Where did the fire take place

Children's home on the countryside

What was in the fire

An unidentified burnt corpse

Who did they think the corpse was

They think it was the  nurse

What happened to the director

Went missing in the fire

Why beth's dad hasn't spoken to her aunt viv lately

Shock at what she became and how different she became

What is it showing when michael teller says no one lost you more

Nobody loved her more and when she died he lost more

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1.  When Isobel says the earth opened and swallowed her and the fetchers, where do you think they have gone?

This passage makes it sound as though the fetchers have dropped her underground in a cave/den/new dimension?

2. Find a quote (or 2)  from Isobel that shows what they think of her.

‘You are good at fixing,’ First says. ‘You will make her shiny and new.’

‘I will tell him, you will fix her.’ - implying there’s something wrong with her

3. Why doesn't Isobel fight back?

Isobel can't fight back because they are massive weird big birds???? Who might not even be alive, her hand is broken, she's trapped and there are two of them.

4. How do the Fetchers describe their role on page 50?

Fetchers describe their role by saying, ‘We find, we give, but never keep. Colours are for HIM!!!!!’ implying that they work under another boss and collect ‘colours’ for him.

5. What do the Fetchers do to Isobel once she is inside?

They give her a ‘jelly’ that fixes her broken hand after it burns and then put her to sleep.

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1. What are her memories giving Catching in this chapter?

Catching uses her memories to fight the grey with its opposite as she destroyed the grey (fear) with courage.

2. Explain Catching’s strength in this chapter?

Catching finds hope and strength to name and defeat the grey and bring back her colour destroying the world that the feed once lived in.

3. Describe the Feed when he is cornered. Does he appear tough?

The feed’s sense of importance and power fails and he becomes insignificant and weak and is swiftly taken out by catching.

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Catching finds the greys and destroys them through searching her memories for the opposites, with their colour back, Catching & Crow ambush the fetchers and kill the feeds until she gets to the last one, the feed no longer felt importance or power and starts to turn into just a normal man, only weakness and terror as Catching says that he was never important to them, killing him, destroying the grey dimension entirely.

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1. Explain what we learn about Oscar Sholt and his fear of the apocalypse.

He hid in bunkers and invested lots of money in a colony on the moon which later stopped

2. This leads to a suspicion that Alexander Sholt may have been involved in what?

“ so, Alexander Sholt did have a reason to be Tempted to make some illegal cash at least back while his family had financial issues.”

3. What do we find out about Allie's friend Sarah?

Allies friend Sarah had gone missing 20 years, 7 months and 6 days.

4. Finish this sentence... They find a broken window upstairs and believe the victim was Director Cavanagh

5. The chapter ends with another development. What happens?

People found two people that had been stabbed and beth believes that she can become a ghost detective

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The Truths P58-67 (teacher will have done P55-57 as intro)

ACTIVITIES

1. If Catching was abandoned by her mother, why would she have said that she had died?
- She would have said this as a way of saying that her mother was dead to her, the mother is obviously not present in her life and Isabelle believes that she might as well be dead.

2. What did Michael suspect Nurse Flint and Director Cavanagh of doing?
- Embezzling money from the children’s home

3. What do we learn about Catching and Beth when Beth storms back into the hospital?
- Catching can see Beth

4. Why does Catching have this ability?
- The ability to see people that were dead was an ability that ran through the women in the catching family.

5. Why was the anger bubbling up inside of Beth?
- Beth was extremely angry because Catching was blaming her dad for her still being present in the real world.

6. What has made Beth cry by the end of the chapter? Can you link it o the quote "Hang about and hold your dad's hand for the rest of his life"?
- Beth cried at the end of chapter 7 because he saw her dad in tears and remembering her family, specifically her auntie, telling her that she was her ‘butterfly girl’ because she would always live in the present, but now as she was a ghost she was quite literally living in the past. As catching said ‘[beth]’s still here, aren't you? Like you’ve got unfinished business.’ additionally she felt helpless like there was nothing she could do, as catching says 'Hang about your dad’s hand for the rest of your life?’ emphasising tellers desperation to help her father from his great loss.

Summary 😨😰😨😰😨😰😨😰😨😰😨😰😨😰😨😰😨😰😨😰😨😰
In chapter 7, the Truths, we get to know Beth and her father’s views on Catching’s story. Although, they do not believe her. Beths father does not think that catching is deliberately lying, only ‘telling the truth in a different way.’ They believe Catching did not lose her mother in a car crash but was abandoned by her. If Catching was abandoned by her mother she would said her mother died because she wanted a way to say her mother was dead to her even though her mother is obviously not present in her life but Catching believes that she might as well be dead. After leaving the hospital, Beth’s father receives a call that suspects Nurse Flint and Director Cavanagh of embezzling money from the children’s home. Beth, annoyed that Catching lied to her and her father, stormed back to Catching’s room in the hospital only to find out Catching can see her. The ability to see people that were dead was an ability that ran through the women in the Catching family. During their conversation, Beth gets extremely angry because Catching was blaming her dad for her still being present in the real world. Beth cried at the end of chapter 7 because she felt helpless like there was nothing she could do, as catching says 'Hang about your dad’s hand for the rest of your life?’ emphasizing tellers desperation to help her father from his great loss. Archer’s away D:

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“Tears started to roll down her brown cheeks and she’d sunk her head in her hands”

-Beth Teller

Quote: 2

“You’re gonna tell me that there's no such thing as monsters and other places”

-Catching

Quote: 3

“Their faces are covered by white masks with human features”

-Catching

Quote: 4

“I was heavy with the weight of lifting up my father”

-Beth Teller

Quote 5

“Her gaze was so deep, like there was no end to the things she’d seen

-Beth Teller

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How does catching handle her anger

She used to explode in anger but now she thinks of her ancestors and that calms her down

Who does she think of to control her fire

Her ancestors

When catching thinks of these people she says in her heart she can breath what dose this mean

It allows her to control her anger and calm down

What happens to isobel and her mother in the storm

Isobel almost drowns and her mother dies

What happened to isobel’s nanna

She was taken away from her mother and she jump of the ship and swam back to her

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ACTIVITIES

1. Explain what we learn about Oscar Sholt and his fear of the apocalypse.

He hid in bunkers and invested lots of money in a colony on the moon which later stopped

2. This leads to a suspicion that Alexander Sholt may have been involved in what?

“ so, Alexander Sholt did have a reason to be Tempted to make some illegal cash at least back while his family had financial issues.”

3. What do we find out about Allie's friend Sarah?

Allies friend Sarah had gone missing 20 years, 7 months and 6 days.

4. Finish this sentence... They find a broken window upstairs and believe the victim was Director Cavanagh

5. The chapter ends with another development. What happens?

People found two people that had been stabbed and beth believes that she can become a ghost detective

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1. Describe Isobel's friend in the beneath-place.

Grey hair, skin and long nails her friend is grey, colourless and depressed

2. Her friend tells her that she too will be drained of colour and full of screams. What do you think she is warning her about? She is warning isobel about fetching and how they take their colour away for him and it is some kind of torture

3. Crow has been there since the beginning and tries to help others. She says there is only one way people escape, what is it? By becoming colourless and fading out and can’t come back and being dead

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THE TWO: P151-154

ACTIVITIES

1. What is different about The Feed?

“His eyes weren’t mirrors. They were chips of brown stone”

2. Isobel says she is turning into a Crow. What does she mean?

She is turning grey and losing colour

3. What do we learn at the end of this chapter?

We find out there are two feeds and that she's on drugs

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THE END: P175-179

ACTIVITIES

1. What does Catching reveal is 100 paces to the West?

Catching revealed that 100 paces to the west is going from the home to the bunker

2. Catching gains a lightness after being heard. Why?

In the story Catching was described as “there was a lightness about her that hadn’t been before” this is because she didn’t seem fragile the way she’d done after telling the other parts of the story before.

3. What had Oscar Sholt built?

Oscar Sholt made a bunker because he thought there was an apocalypse.

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ACTIVITIES

1. How does Beth feel at the beginning of this chapter?

She feels sad because she believes that her Dad is losing interest in the case that they’ve been trying to solve.

2. Why did Sarah's disappearance not get much attention?

Because the boss cop, Gerry Bell, and the rest of the community did not treat the Aboriginal Australian citizens with as much attention and care as they would with any other lost child. Aboriginal citizens were treated unfairly so Sarah’s family and friends were ignored.

3. What was Michael's view on injustice and bad people being enabled by others?

Micheal detests the unfairness and injustice of people being enabled by others especially by people who are supposed to enforce the law. This belief sprouted when Michael’s father discriminated against Micheal’s wife and would abandon his child.

4. Michael breaks down about the loss of Beth in this chapter, how does he feel about her loss?

He believes it’s his fault and that he could have been there for her even though it was an accident.

5. What happened to Derek Bell?

He is killed in his own house by an unknown person. The person who killed him was someone he trusts since he let them into the house before being killed.

At the beginning of the chapter, The Cop, Beth feels sad because she believes that her Dad is losing interest in the case that they’ve been trying to solve. The audience learns Sarah’s disappearance didn’t get a lot of attention because the boss cop, Gerry Bell, and the rest of the community did not treat the Aboriginal Australian citizens with as much attention and care as they would with any other lost child. Aboriginal citizens were treated unfairly so Sarah’s family and friends were ignored. Micheal detests the unfairness and injustice of people being enabled by others especially by people who are supposed to enforce the law. This belief sprouted when Michael’s father discriminated against Micheal’s wife and would abandon his child. In this chapter Michael breaks down about the loss of Beth. He believes her death is his fault and that he could have been there for her even though it was an accident. The audience also learns Derek Bell is killed in his own house by an unknown person. The person who killed him was someone he trusts since he let them into the house before being killed.

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1. Michael asks Beth about the 'other place' and what does Beth tell him about her mother?

Beth had told him that her mother is there and michael realises she is staying for him

2. Catching appears more colourful, why do you think that is?

catching had some of her colour sucked out of her and she started to reign some colour because she told her story

3. Explain the importance of Catching ancestral stories in aiding her survival.

Helping catch gives her motivation and strength, and she often repeats the name of her ancestors, her grandmother, her great grandmother, and her mum - when she was in the flood. She remember the story of her grandma when she ran away off a boat, and she found motivation in that as the story was similar to what was happening - she thought if they all survived, so can i.

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Chapter 21 and 22: The End and The Beginning From Page 180 onwards until the end of the book.

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Chapter 21 and 22: The End and The Beginning From Page 180 onwards until the end of the book.

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1. Who were the Feeds? The two feeds were Alexander Sholt and Derek Bell the two fetchers were directeur caviar and nurse flirt. 2. Who was their first victim 20 years ago? The first victim was Sarah Blue, Allie’s old childhood friend. 3. What do we learn about Isobel? She has the power to walk on all sides of the earth and is dead. She saw that Beth was still stuck and went to figure out why she hasn’t moved on yet. 4. Why had Catching been telling Beth the story? Catching had told Beth the story to be seen and to teach her how to move on. 5. What does Beth need to talk to her father about? Beth talks to her father about going onto the next life into the colour. Michael is ready to continue without her by his side.

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Chapter 21 and 22: The End ad The Beginning From Page 180 onwards until the end of the book.

1. Who were the Feeds?

Derek Bell and Alexander Sholt

2. Who was their first victim 20 years ago?

Sarah Blue/ crow

3. What do we learn about Isobel?

Isobel is technically dead but she can travel anywhere around the world

4. Why had Catching been telling Beth the story?

Catching had been telling beth the story because she had to let go of her dad, he had to move on but they were in the middle of the investigation so after catching tells beth the whole story to the case and how she also needs to move on from her dad/ michael. Also, Catching told beth the story to be heard.

5. What does Beth need to talk to her father about?

About how she has to leave him behind and go to the other side with all the colour and Micheal agreed and moved on as well.