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Using Skimming, scanning and reading for meaning skills
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1Kari Herbert is a native Inhughuit from the High Arctic.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2From the opening paragraph of the passage, what do we learn about Herbert's attitude towards the people of the High Arctic and the practice of hunting for narwhals?
- AShe dislikes the people and the practice of hunting for narwahls
- BShe likes the people but doesn't like them hunting for narwhals
- CShe views both the people and narwhals as noble beings
- DShe views the narwhals as fair game for the people to hunt
3In the opening paragraph, Herbert establishes a mystical, other-worldly atmosphere as she sets the scene for the Inughuit narwhal hunt.
Complete the annotation of the opening paragraph by choosing the annotations from the drop down menus which explain how language is being used to create this atmosphere.
- Alight personified as a mystical thing
- Blight as a fairy
- Cthe landscape is playful
- DConnotes wealth, status and independence
- EConnotes wealth and power
- FConnotes a breakaway state
- GMakes it seem enchanted, gilded
- HMakes it seem rich
- IMakes the light seem bright
- JBoth are equally blessed
- KBoth are equally matched
- LBoth are equally at risk
- MRomanticised imagery
- NEmotive imagery
- OShocking imagery
- PLike a dreamworld
- QCan't believe what she is seeing
- RDoesn't believe her own eyes
4Why is the narwhal important to the Inguhuit people?
Choose all that apply.
- AVegetables can't be grown here so the Inguhuits get all of the vitamins and minerals they need from the blubber
- BThe blubber is the only source of fuel available to the Inguhuits for heating and light
- CThe Inguhuits eat the meat as a source of protein and fat.
- DThe meat is used to keep the dog teams fed.
- EThe tusk is used to make hunting tools
- FThe tusk is used to as a structural support for Inghuit buildings
- GThe tusks are carved into sacred figures for the purpose of religious worship
- HThe tusks are kept as trophies by the hunters
- IThe Inguhuits make money by selling the carcasses
- JThe blubber is used to make cosmetics
5How does Herbert's language choices in the paragraph below convey the tension of the hunt?
Drag and drop the annotations to show how language is used to build tension.
- Averb suggests women are anxious to see
- Bverb suggests chaos
- CEveryone is involved
- DThey don't know where to look
- Econnotes intensity
- Fconnotes interest
- GThey are on edge
- HThey are afraid
- ISingle-minded focus
- JCan't think about anything else.
- KEmphasizes the importance of the hunt
- LEmphasizes the importance of the men
- MJuxtaposition:short sentence, big hunt
- NComparison of hunters and whales
6Herbert wants the men to kill as many narwhal as they can.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Herbert views the narwhals as dumb animals.
- ATrue
- BFalse
8What does Herbert mean when she says:
'my heart leapt for both hunter and narwhal.'
- AShe loves both the men and the whales
- BShe is afraid for both the men and the whales
- CShe understands the situation for both man and whale
- DShe wants both to succeed
9Which language feature is Herbert using in the following quote?
' . . . my heart also urged the narwhal to dive, to leave, to survive.'
- AEmotive language
- BThree-part list
- CPersonification
10What is the conclusion that Herbert comes to in the final paragraph of the extract in the Anthology?
- APeople are more important than whales.
- BWhales are more important than people.
- CBoth are endangered so the hunting has to stop.
- DBoth are endangered but the hunting has to continue.
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- A multi question quiz allowing learners to apply the skimming, scanning and reading for meaning skills they have learnt in this unit
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- Sarah Holmes
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