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MERMAIDS’LAGOONANSWERS

1. Canyouexplaintheterm‘onthecontrary’?Itmeans‘ontheotherhand’or‘quitetheopposite’.

2. HowdoesWendyfeelaboutthemermaids?Useevidencefromthetexttosupportyouranswer.Wendyfeelsconflictedaboutthemermaids.Ontheonehand,sheiseagertoknowwhattheygetuptowhenthechildrenaren’tatthelagoonandsheenjoyswatchingthemplaywithbubbles.However,ontheotherhand,theyirritateherandsheisjealousoftheirrelationshipwithPeter.

3. Doyouthinkthatthechoiceofdescriptivelanguageinchapter2givesthereaderaclueaboutwhatwillhappennextinthestory?Why?Wearetoldthatthenextpartofthestorydetailsaparticulareveningatthelagoon.Theuseofthephrase‘thelagoonisdangerousformortals’attheturnofthemoonsuggeststhatsomethingscarymightbeonthehorizon.

4. Explain,usingevidencefromthetext,whysomereadersmaythinkthatWendyisjealousofthemermaids.

5. Identify3thingsthatWendydislikedaboutthemermaidsa) Thewaytheycombedtheirhairb) Howtheydeliberatelysplashedherwiththeirtailswhenshegottoo

closec) TheircloserelationshipwithPeter

6. Whatistheroleofthisparagraph?Doyouthinkthatitdealswith

thiseffectively?TheparagraphclearlytellsusthatthereisaconflictedrelationshipbetweenWendyandthemermaids.Sherespectsandloathestheminequalparts,yetisintriguedbytheiractionsinthelagoon.Theparagraphiseffectiveintellingusthatrelationshipsarenotalwaysstraightforwardandthattheycanbecomplicatedandconfusing.