My follow up questions for reading.

Why do you think the people in the article didn’t want to start packing up their holiday gear and not going back to school? The people in the article didn’t start to pack was because they were going on a trip on the jet boats. And going back to school.

In the story there are some words they use.. What do you think these words mean? These words are NOT just in one place! They are used throughout the text Dreary Job: Dreary Job means starting your dream job you’ve wanted to start for maybe a while. Or a long time. Heavily Laden Car: Heavily Laden Car means you have a heavy car. Clambered: Clambered means like your climbing in the boat. Churning: Churning means like your tummy is turning around in circles and making you laugh too much.

How do you think the boys felt when their Mum and Dad told them they were going Jet Boat riding? The boys were probably excited to go on a boat ride.

What was the name of the Jet Boat driver? The name of the boat driver was Brian.

What are life jackets? Life jackets are to save people and if don’t have one on and you don’t know how to swim and start to sink that’s when you need it and if have one on that’s good because you don’t sink too much.

What was one of the safety rules that the driver told them? The safety rules were hold tight and don’t put your hands out of the boat.

Who was too little to go on the boat? What was he allowed to do though? Eli was little one he wasn’t to go on the boat, so Brian let him stand in the jet boat as it was being reversed into the river by a huge tractor.

What did Brian do to show a hand signal? And what did it mean? The hand signals meant that it is showing what the person was doing and what they are showing what to do. And Brian twirled his fingers in the air, it meant we were about to do a 360-degree spin in the middle of the river.

What happened to Finn when they were on the boat? What happened to Finn when they were on the boat: Finn ended up scrambling around on the floor of the boat.

How does a jet boat work? Look at page 8 to find out this answer. A jet boatworks with a engine to start with by sucking water through the screen underneath the boat and shooting it out the back of the engine in a high- speed jet stream. The pushes the boat forward. this is my boat I draw for our reading task.