My mum calls me Charlie by Annais Allen

Referring to the title of the text what do you think the text is about?

it’s about a girl who wants to be called a different name.

Why was the young girls grandad upset?

because Charlie’s mum left for a long time.

Who had grandad rung to take care of the young girl, for what reason had he done this?

The Social Welfare to get someone younger to keep an eye on him.

Who are the social welfare? What is their role in society?

A group of people who help people in need. they support services in New Zealand. Disability assistance, Invalid's Benefit, Sickness Benefit, child support, family and etc.

Where do you think mum had gone? What do you think is happening in the story?

Mum had gone to work and left charlie at grandad’s so that he couldn’t get in the way of things.

The adults were talking all night, what are some of the topics you think they might have been discussing?

They discussing thing’s about how charlie’s future was going to be, like for e.g: where to live.

For what reason do you think they discussed not belonging in Auckland?

Because of their surroundings and places.

Who is Maria, what role does she have in this situation?

Maria is the twenty five year old cousin in the story.

We know there are people who come to stay in Maria’s house, who are these people?

Teia, Sara, Aunty mere, and Tina's dog and sometimes other people came to stay for a night or longer.

Design and create a bookmark, on one side of the bookmark write down interesting words you come across that you have not seen before.

A glossary is like a small dictionary found on the back of some books. It allows you to look up the meaning of unusual words you come across in your book.

Find 5 unusual words from the book you are reading.

1. Tuwharetoa

2. Ngapuhi

3. Bilingual

4. Turi Turi

5. Tamihana

Create your own glossary, by writing down the word and the meaning of the word next to it. For example..

My glossary: TuriTuri wahine ma

Gremlin: Woman be quiet and let this boy speak