Arbeitsblatt: Lion - A long way home

English: Reading This dossier belongs to: . 1 English: Reading Vocabulary This is your individual vocabulary list. If you come across unknown words while youre reading, write them into the chart and translate them. Word Translation Page Characters Collect information about the following main characters and add to each character at least two informations. Sue Brierley Saroo John KamlaBrierley Kallu Guddu Mrs. Saroj Sood Shekila 2 English: Reading Places Locate the most important places that come up in the book on the Indian and Australian map. Use an atlas. Mark them and write down with keywords what happened to Saroo in this place. India 3 English: Reading Australia Questions Answer the following questions. Write your answers neatly on separate sheet of paper. Chapter 1 Remembering a) b) c) d) e) f) When is the main characters birthday? Is this his real date of birth? Why? Why not? Where does the main character come from? Where is he now and why? „Me begot! Why could it be horrifying for the main character to forget? What other things made him think of his past? 4 English: Reading Chapter 2 – Hungry and happy a) How does life of family living in rural India (such as Saroos family) look like? Describe the following topics: houses, food, activities, money. b) Could you imagine to live like Saroo and his family? Why? Why not? Chapter 3 – Getting lost a) How did Saroo get lost? b) What do you think: What were his reasons to join his brother Guddu that night? c) What was Saroos idea to find his way back home the moment he arrived in Calcutta? Did it work? Explain. d) „But there was danger ahead as well as behind. (p. 39) What does this quote mean? Chapter 4 – Survival a) How did Saroo change during his short time in Calcutta in comparison to back home? b) What is Calcutta like? Describe. c) „For the second time, it felt like the kindness of stranger had saved my life. Who were these two people? What did they do? Chapter 5 – Very lucky a) How did Saroos feelings for the railwayworker change? What did Saroo learn from that experience? 5 English: Reading b) „Today, there are perhaps hundred thousand homeless kids in Kolkata, and good many of them die before they reach adulthood. (p. 66). Why did Saroo get the chance to reach adulthood? c) What kind of children lived in ‚the home Liluha? d) Did Saroos life on the streets of Calcutta differ from the one in Luluha home? e) Who is Mrs. Sood? What is she doing? f) What was Saroos reaction when he first saw pictures of his new home and his new parents Mr. and Mrs. Brierley? Chapter 6 – new life a) b) c) d) e) f) g) What were Saroos physical conditions when he came to Australia? Compare India to Australia. Use the information on page 8688. Explain the coincidence with ‚Howrah. How did Saroo experienced racism in Australia? How his new parents? Which person from India is Saroo missing the most and why? What is the main difference of Mantosh and Saroo? Why didnt the Brierlyes, Saroo and Mantosh go to India at last? Chapter 7 – Growing up a) What was Saroo as teenager like? b) Why did he become model student later on? 6 English: Reading c) How was the internet these days different to now? d) Which map helped Saroo see detailed landscape that should help him finding his home? e) What made his search difficult? Chapter 8 – The search a) How did Saroo proceed with his search? b) Why didnt Saroo tell his parents about the search? Chapter 9 – Finding home a) Why didnt Saroo find his hometown Ginestlay on the map? b) What were the reasons he wanted to visit Ganesh Talai alone? Chapter 10 – Meeting my mother a) What was the main difference between Ganesh Talai years ago and now? b) How did Kamala feel about the Brierleys? c) What happened to Guddu? 7 English: Reading Chapter 12 – Feeling at home a) What was positive about the loss of the two sons for Kamala? b) What role did religion play in Saroos life? c) Tell three facts about Saroos real father. General a) Why did they give the book the name ‚Lion? Explain. b) There were lot of missunderstandings in Saroos life. Name some of them. Opinion Would you recommend this book? Give the book grade between 1 and 6. Justify your mark in full sentences. Minimum: 5 sentences. . . . . . . . . . . 8 English: Reading 9