1. Reading comprehension and analysis: identifying character actions and feelings (e.g. Grandfather’s blindness, Mariama’s emotions), understanding plot development (smoke signal, storm threat), interpreting quotations and punctuation (commas, exclamation marks)
2. Language features and effects: recognizing simile, repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia, powerful adverbs; analyzing sentence structure and use of time phrases
3. Character relationships and dialogue: inferring character dynamics (e.g. Mariama and Grandfather, Mariama and camel), explaining motivations and reactions, interpreting speech
4. Text structure: comparing narrative structures of part 1 and part 2, identifying how the writer organizes ideas across time and setting
5. Context and setting: understanding how the environment affects characters (cliff, desert, storm), recognizing how setting shapes mood and plot direction
6. Creative writing skills: planning and composing a story about a day out affected by sudden weather change, including character, setting, event development, and impact of the change