This task is about understanding the language and characters in a play and how to perform the play.
Read the play Why Possums Live in Trees by Barbara Beveridge (School Journal Part 1, No. 2, 1985). Then answer the questions below.
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What does Dog do that is kind?
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What does Possum do that is mean?
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What clever thing does Possum do?
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How does Dog show he feels angry at the end of the story?
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"POSSUM (climbing up the tree): You can't catch me!"
In this part of the play some words have been written in italic letters. What do italic letters tell the reader? |
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If you were making a stage for this puppet play, what two things would you need to draw as part of the scenery?
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What is one thing the puppets would need to use in this play?
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