English Panel Sense of Urgency Program 2015 Set 2 A

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ENGLISH PANEL SENSE OF URGENCY PROGRAM 2015

NOVEL SAMPLE ANSWERS SET 2 (5 D, E, & F)

PRACTICE 1

It ! "#$%t't t$ * !$"*$'* tt +$ -' t%!t./

How is this shown in the novel you have read? Support your answer with close reference to the

text.

Suggested answer

Introduction The novel that I have read is 'Catch Us If You Can' y Catherine!ac"hail. The novel has an interesting storyline with wonderful characters.

The novel highlights the #essage that it is i#portant to have so#eone that

you can trust especially when you are in troule or face prole#s.

Content

Textual evidence

$f course it is not easy to trust strangers% not even when they

sincerely offer help. &ory and randa could have re(ected the help offered to

the# due to #istrust. )ut they choose to trust these strangers instead. &ory and randa have to put trust in strangers li*e Tyrone+s fa#ily and

&a. These people are sincere in giving their help to &ory and randa. &ory

and randa learn that these people are *ind to those in need of help. Their

trust in these *ind people pay off for% not only do they get help% they also get

new friends. &ory #eets &a when he wants to put petrol in the stolen car. &a

offers help i##ediately ecause he *nows aout the# running away fro#the authorities. ,t first% &ory does not accept &a+s offer of help. )ut then%

&ory decides &a can e trusted and he #a*es the right decision. &a proves

to e very helpful. -ater% &a+s girlfriend% ,nnie% helps the# to escape to thehill where it all ends well with a reunion etween &ory% randa and his

father+s fa#ily.

Closing

Conclusion

In conclusion% it is clear that fro# these exa#ples% it is i#portant to trust

so#eone especially when you are in troule or face prole#s.


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PRACTICE 2

L$* ! "#$%t't ' "+./

How is this shown in the novel you have read? Support your answer with close reference to the

text.

Suggested answer

Introduction The novel that I have read is 'Catch Us If You Can' y Catherine

!ac"hail. The novel has an interesting storyline with wonderful characters.

In the novel% the love and co##it#ent etween &ory and his grandfatherare a#aing and heart/war#ing. )oth want to *eep the fa#ily united no

#atter what happens.

Content

Textual evidence

&ory loves his randa very #uch. He #a*es sure that his

grandfather ta*es his #edicine on ti#e and does not #iss a #eal. He alsoensures that his asic hygiene is ta*en care of.

$ther than that% &ory even gives up the school footall tea# so he

can spend ti#e with his randa. ,t ti#es% he even trains his randa on howto ehave in pulic. In return% randa loves &ory very #uch and refuses to

e parted fro# hi# even if it #eans he has to e away fro# #edical help.

0hen &ory realises that he is to e separated fro# his randa% he

then #a*es plans to run away with randa. They are luc*y that along theway% #any *ind people help the# to continue their (ourney together.

Closing

Conclusion

In the end% after all the hardships and challenges they face% &ory and

randa #anage to stay together.

PRACTICE

The writer descries t* "' -%-t*% ! *%+ 3*t*%"'*3 #*%!$'.

Using details fro# the novel that you have studied% write aout1

!$"* *4"#*! tt !$ t* -%-t*%/! 3*t*%"'t$'

$ t* 3*t*%"'t$' *-t! !6*% "+

Suggested answer


!ac"hail. The novel has an interesting storyline with wonderful characters.In the novel% randa is a very deter#ined person. ,lthough old randa

suffers physical pain and experiences #e#ory loss% he is very single/

#inded in his deter#ination to e with his only grandson% &ory. 0hen hisonly son 2eff% aandoned his wife and &ory% randa too* care of &ory and

his #other.


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ContentTextual evidence

-ater% when they eco#e separated% randa is still deter#ined to ewith &ory. 3espite his sic*ness and need for #edical attention% he agrees to

run away with &ory so that they can e together. He cannot i#agine a life

without his grandson.

,lthough his health condition worsens% he still leaves the hospitaland goes on an adventure in order to e with his grandson.

His deter#ination also #a*es hi# hit a thug who wants to reveal theiridentity to the police for reward. randa also #anages to steal a car to run

away fro# the police and those who want to separate hi# fro# &ory.

0hen they are later reunited with his son% 2eff% randa is deter#ined

to stay with &ory though he loves his other grandchildren very #uch.

ClosingConclusion

In conclusion% randa proves that eing sic* and old% does notwea*en his spirit and deter#ination to e with his grandson% &ory. randa

shows that one should not give up when faced with #any challenges.

PRACTICE 7

Using the details fro# the novel that you have studied%

3*!-%8* t ##*'! t t* *'3 $ t* '$*

*4#' + +$ '3 t* *'3'9 *t*% ##+ $% !3

Suggested answer

Introduction The novel that I have read is 'Catch Us If You Can' y Catherine!ac"hail. The novel has an interesting storyline with wonderful characters. I

en(oyed reading the novel% as it has a happy ending to the story. &ory gets to

stay with his grandfather and is also reunited with his father% 2eff. ,t first% I was surprised y the happy ending as the story egan with so

#uch suspense and the characters faced with #any challenges. I thought the

story was going to have a sad ending.

Content

Textual evidence

Towards the end of the story% we find &ory and his grandfather running

away fro# the authorities. They stop at a us shelter to rest ecause randa

is tired. 0hen &ory wa*es up% he tries to wa*e up randa ut he does not#ove.

In panic% &ory runs to the nearest house for help. The police anda#ulance are called. &ory+s father% 2eff also turns up. -uc*ily% randa

recovers after a stay in the hospital. 0hile his randa is in hospital% &ory

#eets his father+s wife and stepsisters. &ory gets along well with the#. $nce randa recovers% he and &ory #oves into a flat% not far fro#

2eff+s ho#e. They always have #eals together and &ory gets help to ta*e


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care of his randa. &ory finally has a fa#ily% other than randa.

Closing

Conclusion

I a# glad that the story has a happy ending ecause I feel that &ory

deserves one. He is a rave% loving and responsile oy who finally gets thefa#ily that he has always wanted.

PRACTICE 5

)ased on the novel that you have read% write aout ' "#$%t't '-3*'t tt +$ %*"*"8*%.

G* %*!$'! + +$ %*"*"8*% t* '-3*'t.

Suggested answer


!ac"hail. The novel has an interesting storyline with wonderful characters.In the novel% the one incident that I re#e#er #ost is when &ory thoughtranda had died.

ContentTextual evidence

,fter a narrow escape fro# the authorities% &ory and his grandfatherstopped to rest in a us shelter. 0hen &ory could not wa*e up randa% he

thought randa had died. The frightened &ory ran to get help and when he

returned to where his randa was% he noticed his grandfather had fallen andappeared to e dead.

I re#e#er the incident the #ost ecause I thought that randa had

died. I felt sad for &ory ecause all his efforts would have een for nothing

and he would have felt guilty for ta*ing his grandfather away fro#&achnadar. -uc*ily% randa did not die. &ory #anaged to get help in ti#e

and randa was ta*en to the hospital.

Closing

Conclusion

These are the reasons why I re#e#er the incident the #ost.

PRACTICE :

How is the t*"* $* shown in the novel you have read? Support you answer with close

reference to the text.

Suggested answer

H$ ! t* t*"* $* !$' P%9%#

The novel that I have read is 'Catch Us If You Can' y Catherine !ac"hail.

The novel has an interesting storyline with wonderful characters. $ne of the

#ain the#es of the novel is love.

Introduction


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4irst and fore#ost% randa has een ta*ing care of &ory ever since his #other

passed away and his father wal*ed out of their life. randa sees the needs of&ory in schooling and goes to see the class teacher whenever eing called.

5vidence 6

5xa#ple

$n top of that% 3arren gives the *ey of his #o# s caravan to &ory in the reat5scape. Tyrone agrees with her #other &uy to help &ory and randa in their

(ourney ecause he could e#pathies with &ory and his randa.

5vidence 65xa#ple

,part fro# that% &a gives shelter to &ory and randa *nowing that they are in

troule. 7or#a and her daughter% 7icola allow &ory and randa to stay

overnight at their house.

5vidence 6

5xa#ple

To su# up% the the#e love is shown etween the #ain character% &ory and the people

surrounding hi# that is his grandfather% his est friend% 3arren and the new friends li*e Tyrone

and his fa#ily% &a and friends. It is true that love does not count and 8a friend in need is afriend indeed+.

PRACTICE ;

0rite aout -%-t*% you sy#pathie with9ad#ire. ive reasons for your choice.

Suggested answer

A -%-t*% +$ !+"#t


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)ased on the reasons and evidence fro# the novel% I really sy#pathie

with9ad#ire &ory. 4ro# the eginning until the end of the story% he had to faceso #any prole#s. However% in the end he #anaged to save oth hi#self and his

eloved randa. He was also united with his own father and his fa#ily.

Conclusion

PRACTICE =

3escrie t ##*'! t t* *'3 $ t* '$* . 5xplain how you find the ending of the story.

Support your answer with close reference to the text.

Suggested answer

Wt ##*'! t t* *'3 $ t* '$* (P$t) P%9%#

The novel that I have read is 'Catch Us If You Can' y Catherine !ac"hail. Thenovel has an interesting storyline with wonderful characters. )ased on the novel%

at the end of this novel% &ory had a great shoc* in his life when he thought thathis grandfather was dead efore he at last #et his iological father and togetherwith his grandfather% they oth reconciled with 2eff !cIntosh% &ory+s father% his

step#other and his two sisters. &ory then had a happy ti#e with his new found

fa#ily.

Introduction

0hen randa fainted at the us shelter while on their run% &ory ran away to get

help% leaving randa at the shelter. He received a help fro# a stranger who

recognised hi# fro# the news on the television. He and his grandfather wereta*en to the hospital ut on their way% a #an who# &ory thought a police#an in

plain clothes sat eside hi# in the patrol car and he later found out that the #an

was his father.

5vidence 6

5xa#ple

&ory spent the next few days with his new found fa#ily while at ti#es visitinghis grandfather who was recovering at the hospital. His father+s wife% :aren was*ind as she ca#e and as*ed &ory to go and stay with the# while randa was

hospitalised. He also found out that he got two little sisters% &onda ;% and ,va%


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PRACTICE >

Choose a "*!!9* that you otained fro# the novel that you have read and say what you havelearned fro# it.

Suggested answer

A "*!!9* tt +$ $8t'*3 %$" t* '$* P%9%#

The novel that I have read is 'Catch Us If You Can' y Catherine !ac"hail. The

novel has an interesting storyline with wonderful characters. $ne i#portant

#essage the author conveys is that we #ust show respect and concern for othersand uphold their rights.

Introduction

0e are told that people li*e randa need special care and attention. &oryre#e#ers that the good days when his randa #ade toffee apples for hi#% put

up Christ#as trees and carried hi# on his shoulders at footfall #atches. He

re#e#ers rand+s etter #o#ents and therefore wants to care for hi# now.

&ory hides randa+s s#o*ing pipe and drills hi# on how to ehave at "arents

7ight. &ory treats his randa with respect all the ti#e and even when he teases

randa% it is done in a *ind and hu#orous #anner.

5vidence 65xa#ple

The authorities thin* that randa should e put away in an old fol*s ho#e utoth &ory and randa thin* that is not right. randa is unhappy aout it and does

not want to e separated fro# &ory. I thin* the elderly should have their wishesrespected and e cared for at the sa#e ti#e. They #ust have proper ho#e help%

#eals and #edical care. They have done #uch for us efore. 7ow it should e

our turn to do good for the#. -et the# live their re#aining days in pride anddignity.

5vidence 6

5xa#ple

Children need to e given the right care and attention too. 0hen they eco#e

carers% it is harder for the# to en(oy the childhood they are entitled to% go toschool and get the right education. So it is i#portant that they get the use of

proper services fro# the authorities. They e#otional needs too #ust e addressed.

5vidence 6

5xa#ple

"eople who are different fro# us #ust e treated with respect. Ta*e the travelers for exa#ple.

"eople loo* down upon the#% ut they have their rights too and need to e treated with respect

and dignity. This is an i#portant #essage that is #ost relevant in today+s world.

?EYOND THE TE@T (HOTS)HIGHER ORDER THINBING SBILL

I. ,s a student% do you thin* &ory should e urdened with the responsiility of loo*ing

after his grandfather who was not well?

II. I#agine that you are in &ory+s shoes= would you have done what he did that is to ta*eranda on an escape adventure with no definite destination? 0hy?

III. 3o you feel that randa was eing selfish in wanting to *eep &ory y his side all the

ti#e?I>. 0hy was there no generation gap etween &ory and his grandfather?

>. 0hat do you thin* the title of the novel #eans?

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English Panel Sense of Urgency Program 2015 Set 2 A