Stranded Comprehension Organiser
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Stranded Comprehension Organiser
The Beacon at Low Tide
On Saturday morning, Maia and her cousin Wiremu paddled their small dinghy across the sheltered bay to collect driftwood for a beach sculpture. Their aunt had told them to stay inside the headland, where the water was usually calm. By lunchtime, grey clouds had gathered over the hills. Maia noticed the tide pulling the dinghy farther from the beach, but she thought they still had plenty of time. A sudden gust spun the dinghy around. The painter—the rope tying it to a rock—had come loose, and the boat drifted behind a rocky point. Maia and Wiremu scrambled ashore on a narrow strip of sand. Their mobile phones had been left in the car, and the dinghy was now bobbing beyond reach. The waves were not huge, but the way back around the point looked rougher by the minute. “We should make ourselves easy to spot,” Maia said. She tied a bright red jacket to a long branch and held it above the rocks. Wiremu searched the driftwood pile and found a small hand mirror. When a break appeared in the clouds, he flashed sunlight towards the headland. Maia also used a stick to write HELP in the wet sand well above the waterline. They stayed together, kept out of the waves and shared the last of their water. After a while, Maia heard a whistle. Their aunt was on the headland with a ranger, who had spotted the flashes from the mirror. The ranger guided them around the point when the tide began to ease. Back on the beach, Maia looked at the red jacket, now soaked and sandy. “Next time,” she said, “we check the rope and the tide before we set off.” Wiremu nodded. “And take the phones with us.”
Understand the story
Use the passage above to answer each question.
- She wanted to collect driftwood for a sculpture.
- She suggests making themselves easy to spot and uses a bright jacket as a signal.
- She notices the clouds over the hills.
- She looks at the sandy jacket after the rescue.
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