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Blueback Chapter 11 Worksheet

Read the original practice passage below, then answer the questions using evidence from the passage. This passage is written for this worksheet; it is not a quotation or retelling of Chapter 11.

The reef at dawn

The sea was still grey when Abel slipped into the water. He had come to the reef many times, but that morning it seemed quieter than usual. Near a ledge, a blue groper hovered above the rocks. Abel recognised the fish at once and stayed still, letting it decide whether to come closer. A strip of orange survey tape fluttered from a stake on the shore. The council planned to inspect the bay before deciding where to build a new boat ramp. Abel knew people needed safe places to launch their boats. He also worried that extra traffic and building work could damage the reef. At breakfast, Abel told his mother, Dora, what he had seen. Dora listened carefully. “If we want people to protect this place,” she said, “we need to show them what makes it worth protecting.” Together they planned to record the fish and plants along the shore and share their observations at the council meeting. Abel returned to the water with a notebook in a waterproof pouch. The groper appeared again, moving slowly between the rocks. Abel wrote down what he noticed without chasing it. He could not decide the council’s plans on his own, but he could help others understand what was at stake.

Read closely

Answer each question in your own words. For questions asking for evidence, refer to a detail from the passage.

1.Where is Abel when he first notices the blue groper?

On the reef, underwater
At the council meeting
In a boat on the open sea
At home having breakfast

2.What was the orange survey tape a sign of?

3.Which two different needs does Abel recognise when he thinks about the proposed boat ramp?

4.Choose the best description of Dora’s response to Abel’s concern.

She dismisses his concern and changes the subject.
She listens and suggests gathering evidence to help people understand the reef.
She tells him the council has already cancelled the project.
She asks him to chase the groper away.

5.What does the phrase “letting it decide whether to come closer” suggest about how Abel behaves around the fish?

6.True or false: Abel believes he can make the council’s decision by himself. Give a detail that supports your answer.

TrueFalse

7.Put these events in the order they happen by writing 1, 2 and 3 beside them: Abel writes observations in his notebook; Abel sees the groper near a ledge; Abel tells Dora about the survey tape.

8.Why might recording fish and plants be more useful at a council meeting than simply saying, “We should protect the reef”?

9.What does Abel’s choice to return with a notebook show about him? Use one action from the passage as evidence.