27.04.10

Comprehension 2
1. a chest full of treasure
2. a captain
3. the galley
4. biscuits and mango juice
5. put out more sail
6. a bottle with a message
7. on Dead Man's Island
8.Half a mark for each of the following:
fierce face/ big, black bushy beard/ one eye covered with a patch/golden earring dangled from each ear
9. Jim got out of bed so quickly because his father said if he didn't hurry Molly would have left him nothing for breakfast.
10. Cap'n Bluebeard wanted to make an early start because they were running out of food and he wanted to get to Jamaica to get some more.
11. Molly was quite pleased to go aloft because she thought they might get out of doing their lessons.
12. Half a mark for each of the following:
pirate arithmetic/pirate history/how to read charts/navigation
13. Molly and Jim got on with the sails because Cap'n Bluebeard said he would give them extra navigation homework if they didn't get a move on.
14. Cap'n Bluebeard decided to change cours because the message in the bottle was from someone who was shipwrecked on Dead Man's Island and needed help.
15. a. wake up/get moving
b. everyone must go up the masts
c. neat and tidy/organised
d. spread out
16. No marks for just 'Yes' or 'No', or ' I don't like stories about pirates'. UP to 5 marks for a reasons supported by parts of the story.