Chapter 6: Meanwhile Deep in the Ocean...

AF2
1.	What does ‘suspended’ mean?
2.	How many years are there in a century?
3.	Can ‘stirred’ have more than one meaning?
4.	Which words and phrases told you that something was changing in the sea?
Challenge:	Write	three	newspaper	headlines declaring sightings of the Sea Dragon.	AF3
1.	What does ‘not a mollusc stirred, not a scallop shimmied’ suggest about the Sea Dragon on p.82?
2.	What do the words ‘jerking’ and ‘fluttering’ describe about the dragon now?
3.	Why are the changes in the Sea Dragon important? Challenge: Design a noticeboard with a warning for sailors, swimmers and fishermen of the lurking Sea Dragon.	
AF4/5
1.	Why did the author compare the dragon to a mountain?
2.	How has the choice of words and phrases emphasised how enormous the dragon is?
3.	What does the phrase ‘underwater desert’ p.82 tell us about what is happening?
Challenge: Find out what hermit crabs and barnacles are: what do they look like, what do they eat and where do they live?	AF6
1. Was this chapter trying to build tension? Challenge: Draw the Sea Dragon described at the beginning of the chapter.