He pulled up the anchor and turned Seagull towards the shore. The wind was getting stronger and soon the little boat was drifting out to sea. A mighty flash of lightning ripped through the clouds and there was a deafening roar of thunder. Then the rain started and in few seconds, the boys were soaked to the skin. Alex felt worried. He realised they could be in danger. “You promised we’d get back before the storm started,” he complained to Daniel. Daniel was concentrating on steering the boat. Each time he tried to turn towards the shore, the wind took him in the opposite direction. He was afraid they might be blown onto the reef. Then a loud cry rang out. “Hello there! Are you boys all right?” It came from a fishing boat heading back to the harbour. A fisherman was standing on the deck with a coiled rope in his hands. He threw the end to Daniel, who grabbed it and fastened it to his little boat. Within a few minutes the boys were safely back on shore. By now they were shivering with cold and fear, and their teeth were chattering. “You had a lucky escape,” the fisherman said. “Don’t you know better than to go out to sea when there’s a storm brewing?” Daniel said nothing. He was dreading what his father would say when he heard what had happened.
Events
Resolution
1 Who taught Daniel to handle a boat? 2 Why did Alex hesitate to accept Daniel’s invitation to go fishing? 3 How did Daniel persuade Alex to join him? 4 Why was it difficult for Daniel and Alex to get back to the shore? 5 Explain in your own words how the two boys were rescued.
The audience for a text is the person or group of people for which it was written, e.g. the recipient of a letter, newspaper readers, school students. The purpose of a text is the reason for which it was written, e.g. to inform, to entertain, to persuade.
What are the audience and purpose for ‘A Lucky Escape’?
• Discuss the questions with students before they write answers. • Audience and purpose: discuss different purposes for writing and give examples of texts written for different purposes. DA Allow students to write answers to fewer questions according to ability. Give all students the opportunity to discuss the ‘On your own’ questions. NOTE : In these teacher’s notes, whenever you see the icon DA there will be suggestions for working with students of different abilities.
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