Where’s My Memory? Week 1
Please use a dictionary to find the meanings of these new words and try to use them as much as possible throughout the week.
Desert - scorched – shelter – shadows - worried - journey - nature – frowning exhausted- patiently - swirling - senses
Read pages 4 – 9 andanswer the following questions:
1.What was the weather like in the desert?
2.What journey are the elephants on?
3.What colours can you see in the desert and why?
4.Why do you think Bernard looked so sad?
5.What do the mother’s eyes tell us about how she is feeling?
6.What problem did Bernard face?
7. How long can elephants survive without water?
8. Why does Bernard want to reach the leaves high in the trees?
9.Why has Bernard decided to sit under the tree?
10. Why do you think there are no leaves lower down in the trees?
11. what is the name of the orange hills in the distance?
12. This book is set in Namibia – Can you find out five facts about the Namibian desert?
13. Researchers say that elephants can sense things that humans cannot. What things are these people talking about?
14. Without looking onto the next pages what do you think will happen next? Will the family leave him or will they risk their lives and wait? Will Bernard wake up or has he fallen into a deep, deep sleep?
15. Why is the bird following him? What could it mean? And what does it want?
Where’s My Memory? Week 2
Please use a dictionary to find the meanings of these new words and try to use them as much as possible throughout the week.
Waited - Dusk – Glimmering – Energy - Tearful - Nightfall - Abandoned – Marched - Mountains - Surrounded - Mist - Valley
Read pages 10 – 15 and answer the following questions:
1. Do you think that the family of elephants are worried about their father?
2. Could there be another reason he is sitting down under the tree?
3. Do elephants sleep at night or are the nocturnal and do they sleep standing up?
4. How would you help Bernard if you were in his family?
5. Did Bernard really need just a few more minutes?
6. Why do you think that Bernard looked so sad?
7. Mya decided to lead the family away but why?
8. Why was Mya crying? And can elephants really cry?
9. The bird didn’t leave Bernard; why do you think this happened??
10. Why do you think that Bernard took off his hat to sleep? Does this symbolise something?
11. The text on page 14 states that ‘the night surrounded Bernard.’ What does this statement mean?
12. In the Namibian desert, why does the fog fill the valley each morning? And how does it help nature survive in this hot climate?
13. What will happen to Bernard? How would you end this story?
14. The start of this story is quite sad. Why has the author done this?
Where’s My Memory? Week 3
Please use a dictionary to find the meanings of these new words and try to use them as much as possible throughout the week.
Imagination - Water – Blissful – Strength - Rumbled - Noticed - Concerned – Stared - Assisted - Selfless - Dragged - Kind-hearted
Read pages 16 – 21 and answer the following questions:
1. Why is Mya thinking about Bernard?
2. The baby looks happy in the water. Why isn’t he feeling upset?
3. What do you think would’ve happened to Bernard if the giraffe didn’t see him?
4. Why do you think Bernard’s stomach rumbled loudly?
5. Why do you think that the giraffe decided to share its food?
6. Why did Bernard need the giraffe to help him?
7. What lesson do you think the baby giraffe would learn from this kind gesture from his mother?
8. Why did the author use the words ‘lush’ when describing the leaves?
9. The giraffe stared at Bernard for a while before helping him. Why do you think she did this?
10. When the giraffe places the branch in front of Bernard the baby giraffe has a certain expression on his face. What is this expression and why does he look like this?
11. How do you think Bernard is feeling when the giraffe helps him?
12. Are elephants and giraffes friends in the wild? And is there any evidence of this