Tashi and the Giants
Tashi
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Written by
Anna Fienberg &
Barbara Fienberg
Illustrated by
Kim Gamble
Published by
Allen & Unwin
1995
The giant Chintu promises his friend the dragon that he will catch Tashi and punish him for putting the dragon's fire out.
1. If you were one of the villagers, would you
- give Tashi up to the giant
- hide him
- tell Tashi to run away and hide
- tell the giant that Tashi had moved to a village on the other side of the mountain?
Why?
| We would tell Tashi to run and hide so he would be safe. Anna and Sunny, St Lukes Rappers |
| We decided to tell the giant that Tashi had moved to the other
side of the mountain.We chose this answer because the giant would be
tricked, Tashi would survive and the giant might get lost. St Josephs Laurieton |
| Tell the giants that Tashi had moved to a different village on the
other side of the mountain because the giants won't go looking for
him there Hayden & Andrew, Glen Katherine Rappers |
| Tell the giant that Tashi had moved to the other side of the
mountain Lauren Glen Katherine Rappers |
| Tell the giant that Tashi had moved to a village on the other side
of the mountain. because the giant would go and look for him over
the other side of the mountain. Megan and Alexandra Glen Katherine Rappers |
2. How
does Tashi think of his cunning ideas so quickly?
| Because he was very smart Sunny and Anna, Mitchell and Brendan, St Luke's Rappers |
| We think Tashi is very smart and the writer made him a good thinker. St Josephs Rappers |
3. Look at the pictures of Tashi in the giant's castle. How does Kim Gamble make the giants seem so big even though the pages are still the same size?
| Kim Gamble makes Tashi smaller in the picture Lily and Yasmine, St Hildas Rappers |
| Kim Gamble draws Tashi small and the scenery and the giant
big. St Joseph's Rappers. |
4. How will the giant explain to the dragon why he is giving it a bowl of dumplings instead of Tashi?
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Vikram, Jamie, Daniela
Tashi is taken by a gang of bandits. Can he escape?
1. Why was Tashi taken by the bandits?
| Because the bandit's wife thought he reminded her of her son Anna and Sunny St Lukes Rappers |
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Because it reminded them of their son. |
| Tash was taken by the bandits because he looked their son. Tashi
didn't want to stay with the bandits, he wanted them to let him
go. St Josephs Rappers |
2. Why did Tashi sing like a crow and fill the hairbrush with thistles and burrs?
| So they would let him go because he wasn't like their son Sunny and Anna, Mitchell and Brendan, St Lukes Rappers |
3. In the picture on p44, the bandits are all huddled together, whispering. What do you think they are saying to each other?
| The robbers began to whisper about the Bandit wife. Alexandra & Hayden, Glen Katherine Rappers |
| The bandit's were whispering about the bandit's wife. Emma and Lauren, Glen Katherine Rappers |
| They are saying to each other what they are going to make Tashi
do. They are going to make him comb the wife's hair and make him
work for them. Lily and Yasmine, St Hildas Rappers |
| The robbers were whispering, " I have a plan and this is what
we'll do." St Josephs Rappers. |
4. When Tashi dropped the rice, lost the horses, set off the gun and put out the fire, was he being clumsy or clever? Why?
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Daniel and Lisa
