Novel Notes for Hedley Hopkins Chapter(s) 21

SUMMARY Capture one of the most important events that happened in this section:

Someone: Hedley
Wanted: to put the skull back in the grave
But: Victor wanted the skull
So: they tried to get the skull from each other which ended with Hedley and Kat falling into
the grave.

Someone: Ian Douglas
Wanted: to get the skull
But: Found the skull and he thought that is was talking
So: He and his mates ran away screaming

Someone: Mr. Hooper
Wanted: to get the skull and put it back
But: Couldnt put the skull in
So: He left it there for later

Someone: Mighty Manny
Wanted: to defend his people against the head hunters
But: was murdered and
So: His family and others fled into the bush

Good summaries


List the characters that are present in this section of the book (in point form).

Kate
Hedley
Victor
Richard
Mr. Hooper
Russell
Randolph
Sargent Clifford
Hedleys mom and dad
Stinker
Boys from Billabong
Mighty Manny
List the settings from this section of the book (in point form).
Billabong
Sand Dunes
School
Home
Streets
Garage
Police station
The grave

Well-completed sections!
Who is Hedley connecting with (or trying to connect with) in this section of the book? How is
he doing it? Explain your answer.


Hedley is connecting with Mighty Manny by trying to make Mighty Manny rest in piece by
giving him back his head. He also wanted to do that because he feels that it is wrong to steal
a persons head.

Good explanation.




Make a connection to the book (choose one: Text to Self/Text to Text/Text to World). Explain
your answer briefly with a specific example.

I have a connection to Mighty Manny about a game that I like. The games name is
Assassins Creed 3, which is about a person who is a native American that is trying to protect
his people and his village from people trying to take their land away from them and enslave
them.


Ok a bit too brief with the explanation, but good connection.





Write down at least 3 new vocabulary words and their definitions:

Aboriginals- Australian natives (the people that lived in Australia first).
Head Hunters- Hunters, but they also take heads as trophies.
Missionary- A person set out on a mission to carry out a program or work.
Simple- Retarded or special








Copy out a quote from this section that you think is the most important. Briefly explain your
answer and give the page number.

It is a lonely beach with a lonely sky.
I chose this quote because it is how the whole story started and it is about Hedley on writing
a story at the end of this book. It talks about his achievements and his goals, it shows how he
has changed.




Write down the theme that you think is most important from this section of the book (concept and
statement).


Thematic concept: Confessing, truth


Thematic statement: Confessing something that you did wrong is a hard decision to make.


Justify your answer with a reason: At the end of this book, Hedley confesses everything, but
he also gets to find the truth of why was there a hole and what happened before. The truth
was; Mighty Manny or Major Manners was actually Mr. Hoopers great grandfather who was
hunted down by head hunters and thats why his head was missing.











Criterion A: Knowing and understanding
Student Teacher Published Descriptors



7 - 8



7 - 8
i. provides perceptive identification and explanation of the content, context, language,
structure, technique and style, and explains the relationships among texts thoroughly
iii. gives detailed justification of opinions and ideas with a range of examples, and
thorough explanations; uses accurate terminology
iv. perceptively compares and contrasts features within and between genres and texts.


5 - 6


5 - 6
i. provides substantial identification and explanation of the content, context, language,
structure, technique and style, and explains the relationships among texts
iii. sufficiently justifies opinions and ideas with examples and explanations; uses
accurate terminology
iv. competently interprets similarities and differences in features within and between
genres and texts.



3 - 4



3 - 4
i. provides adequate identification and explanation of the content, context, language,
structure, technique and style, and some explanation of the relationships among texts
iii. justifies opinions and ideas with some examples and explanations, though this may
not be consistent; uses some terminology
iv. interprets some similarities and differences in features within and between genres
and texts.


1 - 2


1 - 2


i. provides minimal identification or explanation of the content, context, language,
structure, technique and style, and does not explain the relationships among texts
iii. rarely justifies opinions and ideas with examples or explanations; uses little or no
terminology
iv. interprets few similarities and differences in features within and between genres and
texts.
0 0 The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below.
Task-specific indicators:

You have shown a very good understanding of the novel and explained and justified your opinions and ideas clearly.
Your connections are clear and you have shown some good similarities



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Student reflections:




Teacher comments:

You show a very detailed and clear level of understanding about the book and you made some very good
connections. Well done!