Close To The Wind: Guided Reading Notes
I have divided the novel into 8 parts, each with it’s own synopsis, questions on comprehension and a discussion topic arising from the story.
You can download my own notes here. Guided Reading Notes on Close to the Wind by Jon Walter
You can also download this excellent set of notes from the nice people at Scholastic Australia.Scholastic Notes
Additional Resources on Refugees:
The following link can be used to put Malik’s plight into perspective with regard to International law and his rights as a child.
The following lesson plans from the Red Cross website also fit very well with the Guided Reading for Close to the Wind.
The first, entitled primary activities deals with evacuees and can be used to show the experience of children who became ‘refugees’ in their own country. It features a Pathe News broadcast of Queen Elizabeth, aged 14, to the children of Britain.
The second, entitled secondary activities uses photos in a Powerpoint presentation to show refugees in four different periods in history. Like Malik, all of them are trying to salvage some possessions to take with them. The link to the information is below and a .ppt file for the pictures can be found on the same page.