WorksheetCloud: MEMORANDUM Grade: 5 Subject: English Topic: Kensuke’s Kingdom-Chapter 9

Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

Chapter 9: The night of the turtles

1. How did they live after the plastic bottle incident? Always polite, lived separately, didn’t laugh anymore

2. Who did Kensuke think of when he thought of Tomodachi? Michael’s mother

3. Although Michael’s mother thought he was dead where did Kensuke say

she’d still see him? In her mind.

4. How did Kensuke feel when he found the bottle and read the message? Very sad.

5. What did they use to build the new beacon?

All the dry wood at the back of Kensuke’s cave

6. Who did Kensuke talk about most? His wife and child.

7. How old was Kensuke? 75 years old

8. What did Michael suggest that Kensuke could do when a ship came? Kensuke could go with Michael and go back to Japan.

9. Why did Michael dread being rescued/seeing a ship? Felt at home with Kensuke, felt terribly sad about leaving him.

10. What was the only thing Michael could tell Kensuke about Japan?

WorksheetCloud: MEMORANDUM Grade: 5 Subject: English Topic: Kensuke’s Kingdom-Chapter 9

That lots of the electrical/electronic equipment had made in Japan written on them.

11. When did Kensuke take Michael that night when he woke him up?

To the beach. 12. What would happen in many years time?

These turtles, not big would come back to lay their own eggs.

13. What did they do with the turtles too weak? Carried them down into the sea themselves.

14. What did Kensuke say about the turtles? That they were brave.

15. What had Kensuke made up his mind about? That when a ship came he would go with Michael and go back to Japan and maybe find his family.