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Survivors: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
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What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
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What do you know and think?
Overcoming the Amazon’s top predator would reinforce anyone’s heroic self-image...
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From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How do the author’s words express the seriousness of the dangers Yossi encountered?
B) How does this text show the theme of loneliness and the importance of friendship?
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Killing and eating anything was out of the question – even a creature as ordinary as a frog can be deadly in the Amazon. One of the smallest species of frog produces enough poison to kill a dozen people, and just touching its skin can leave a person paralysed.
Luckily Ghinsberg managed to avoid being savaged or bitten by any of these natural-born killers or squeezed to death by a hungry anaconda. (In this part of South America these snakes regularly grow to more than fifteen feet in length and can weigh over 200 pounds.) He did run into a jaguar, however, but was able to scare it off using insect-repellent spray from his first-aid kit.
Overcoming the Amazon’s top predator would reinforce anyone’s heroic self-image, but Ghinsberg’s exhilaration was beginning to falter – travelling alone through such dense jungle was so mentally and physically tough. He almost drowned in a sudden flood, and at least twice he came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground. With no one to haul him out, this could easily have proved fatal.
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit, and along with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on. By the end of his second week he was reduced to skin and bone, and blistered feet meant he was barely making any progress. For a couple of days he had some company – he thought a young girl was walking by his side, although this was almost certainly only in his imagination. Eventually, after nearly three weeks, he collapsed to the ground. It was then he had his final piece of good fortune. After losing sight of Ghinsberg at the waterfall Gale had gone for help. He recruited a local boatman and set off back along the river in a dugout canoe to look for his companion. Covering such a huge area the search was long and hard, and nearly three weeks after losing contact with Ghinsberg he was ready to call off the rescue mission and go home. With the aid of the skilled river pilot he’d managed to navigate an impressively long way upstream, but now they were looking for a safe place to turn the boat around before heading back.
Incredibly, when they finally found a safe spot to manoeuvre the boat it happened to be right by the stretch of bank where Ghinsberg had collapsed. When Gale spotted him he quickly dragged him onto the boat – his life spared, the two adventurers reunited, and both of them stunned by a miracle that had somehow brought them to precisely the same spot within the vastness of the very largest, most impenetrable rainforest on the planet.
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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savaged
falter
exhiliration
manoeuvre
vastness
impenetrable
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From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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savaged
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Luckily Ghinsberg managed to avoid being savaged or bitten by any of these natural-born killers or squeezed to death by a hungry anaconda.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
savaged
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exhiliration
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falter
manoeuvre
vastness
impenetrable
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Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Killing and eating anything was out of the question – even a creature as ordinary as a frog can be deadly in the Amazon. One of the smallest species of frog produces enough poison to kill a dozen people, and just touching its skin can leave a person paralysed.
Luckily Ghinsberg managed to avoid being savaged or bitten by any of these natural-born killers or squeezed to death by a hungry anaconda. (In this part of South America these snakes regularly grow to more than fifteen feet in length and can weigh over 200 pounds.) He did run into a jaguar, however, but was able to scare it off using insect-repellent spray from his first-aid kit.
Overcoming the Amazon’s top predator would reinforce anyone’s heroic self-image, but Ghinsberg’s exhilaration was beginning to falter – travelling alone through such dense jungle was so mentally and physically tough. He almost drowned in a sudden flood, and at least twice he came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground. With no one to haul him out, this could easily have proved fatal.
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit, and along with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on. By the end of his second week he was reduced to skin and bone, and blistered feet meant he was barely making any progress. For a couple of days he had some company – he thought a young girl was walking by his side, although this was almost certainly only in his imagination. Eventually, after nearly three weeks, he collapsed to the ground. It was then he had his final piece of good fortune.
After losing sight of Ghinsberg at the waterfall Gale had gone for help. He recruited a local boatman and set off back along the river in a dugout canoe to look for his companion. Covering such a huge area the search was long and hard, and nearly three weeks after losing contact with Ghinsberg he was ready to call off the rescue mission and go home. With the aid of the skilled river pilot he’d managed to navigate an impressively long way upstream, but now they were looking for a safe place to turn the boat around before heading back.
Incredibly, when they finally found a safe spot to manoeuvre the boat it happened to be right by the stretch of bank where Ghinsberg had collapsed. When Gale spotted him he quickly dragged him onto the boat – his life spared, the two adventurers reunited, and both of them stunned by a miracle that had somehow brought them to precisely the same spot within the vastness of the very largest, most impenetrable rainforest on the planet.
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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He almost drowned in a sudden flood, and at least twice he came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground. With no one to haul him out, this could easily have proved fatal. Loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit, and along with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on.
What did you notice?
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From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
He almost drowned in a sudden flood,
and at least twice he came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground.
With no one to haul him out, this could easily have proved fatal.
Loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit,
and along with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on.
Explore
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
He almost drowned in a sudden flood, and at least twice he came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground. With no one to haul him out, this could easily have proved fatal. Loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit, and along with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on.
Explore
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How do the author’s words express the seriousness of the dangers Yossi encountered?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Killing and eating anything was out of the question – even a creature as ordinary as a frog can be deadly in the Amazon. One of the smallest species of frog produces enough poison to kill a dozen people, and just touching its skin can leave a person paralysed.
A) How do the author’s words express the seriousness of the dangers Yossi encountered?
This suggests it would have been unsafe for Yossi to hunt for food. He would have to rely on what he could forage to keep him alive. Yossi is at serious risk of starvation. It also suggests that creatures we normally view as harmless are often lethal in the Amazon.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How do the author’s words express the seriousness of the dangers Yossi encountered?
B) How does this text show the theme of loneliness and the importance of friendship?
Find the answers
Text mark
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Text Mark Evidence - Ghinsberg managed to avoid being savaged - natural-born killers - squeezed to death -could easily have proved fatal
use of vivid and intense words
Acceptable Answers
frightening details about animals
Text Mark Evidence - one of the smallest species of frog produces enough poison to kill a dozen people - just touching its (the frog’s) skin can leave a person paralysed - hungry anaconda…grow to more than fifteen feet in length and can weigh over 200 pounds overcoming the Amazon’s top predator (jaguar)
A) How do the author’s words express the seriousness of the dangers Yossi encountered?
Text Mark Evidence - he (Yossi) almost drowned in a sudden flood - he (Yossi) came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground - the vastness of the very largest, most impenetrable rainforest on the planet
hazardous environment
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on - he (Yossi) was reduced to skin and bone - he (Yossi) collapsed to the ground
deteriorating/weakening physical condition
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - travelling alone…was so mentally and physically tough - loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit…he (Yossi) struggled to find the will to go on
effects of isolation
B) How does this text show the theme of loneliness and the importance of friendship?
Text Mark Evidence with no one to haul him (Yossi) out (of floodwaters), this could easily have proved fatal
unsafe travelling alone
Text Mark Evidence he had some company - he thought a young girl was walking by his side, although this was almost certainly only in his imagination
hallucinations of a companion
Text Mark Evidence - after losing sight of Ghinsberg at the waterfall Gale had gone for help - he (Gale) set off…to look for his companion - when Gale spotted him (Yossi) he quickly dragged him onto the boat – his life spared - the two adventurers reunited
saved by the loyalty of a friend
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Quiz Time
Start
Which One's Right?
Overcoming the Amazon’s top predator would reinforce anyone’s heroic self-image, but Ghinsberg’s exhilaration was beginning to falter – travelling alone through such dense jungle was so mentally and physically tough.
Which is closest in meaning to exhilaration?
B despair
A excitement
C confusion
D fear
Fill the Gaps
impenetrable
vastness
manoeuvre
Incredibly, when they finally found a safe spot tothe boat it happened to be right by the stretch of bank where Ghinsberg had collapsed. When Gale spotted him he quickly dragged him onto the boat – his life spared, the two adventurers reunited, and both of them stunned by a miracle that had somehow brought them to precisely the same spot within the of the very largest, most rainforest on the planet.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Tick Me
Put one tick in each row to indicate if the statement is fact or opinion:
Fact
Opinion
1) Using insect repellent to scare off a jaguar was a clever idea.
2) One species of frog produces enough poison to kill a dozen people.
Check
3) Yossi almost drowned in a sudden flood while travelling through the jungle.
Click if correct
4) It was a miracle that Gale found Yossi at exactly the right moment.
Sequence Me
Click if correct
Check
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Miraculously, Gale rescued Yossi from the very place where he had collapsed.
B) Alone in the jungle, Yossi battled hunger, dangerous animals and extreme loneliness.
C) Yossi and four others set off on an expedition into the Amazon rainforest.
D) Yossi was swept over a waterfall and lost all his supplies except for what was in his pockets.
E) After the group split up due to clashes, Gale and Ghinsberg set off on a primitive raft.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
look for answers.
Reveal
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This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Survivors by David Long © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Survivors: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
Overcoming the Amazon’s top predator would reinforce anyone’s heroic self-image...
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How do the author’s words express the seriousness of the dangers Yossi encountered?
B) How does this text show the theme of loneliness and the importance of friendship?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Killing and eating anything was out of the question – even a creature as ordinary as a frog can be deadly in the Amazon. One of the smallest species of frog produces enough poison to kill a dozen people, and just touching its skin can leave a person paralysed. Luckily Ghinsberg managed to avoid being savaged or bitten by any of these natural-born killers or squeezed to death by a hungry anaconda. (In this part of South America these snakes regularly grow to more than fifteen feet in length and can weigh over 200 pounds.) He did run into a jaguar, however, but was able to scare it off using insect-repellent spray from his first-aid kit. Overcoming the Amazon’s top predator would reinforce anyone’s heroic self-image, but Ghinsberg’s exhilaration was beginning to falter – travelling alone through such dense jungle was so mentally and physically tough. He almost drowned in a sudden flood, and at least twice he came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground. With no one to haul him out, this could easily have proved fatal.
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit, and along with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on. By the end of his second week he was reduced to skin and bone, and blistered feet meant he was barely making any progress. For a couple of days he had some company – he thought a young girl was walking by his side, although this was almost certainly only in his imagination. Eventually, after nearly three weeks, he collapsed to the ground. It was then he had his final piece of good fortune. After losing sight of Ghinsberg at the waterfall Gale had gone for help. He recruited a local boatman and set off back along the river in a dugout canoe to look for his companion. Covering such a huge area the search was long and hard, and nearly three weeks after losing contact with Ghinsberg he was ready to call off the rescue mission and go home. With the aid of the skilled river pilot he’d managed to navigate an impressively long way upstream, but now they were looking for a safe place to turn the boat around before heading back. Incredibly, when they finally found a safe spot to manoeuvre the boat it happened to be right by the stretch of bank where Ghinsberg had collapsed. When Gale spotted him he quickly dragged him onto the boat – his life spared, the two adventurers reunited, and both of them stunned by a miracle that had somehow brought them to precisely the same spot within the vastness of the very largest, most impenetrable rainforest on the planet.
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
savaged
falter
exhiliration
manoeuvre
vastness
impenetrable
Explore
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
savaged
Explore
Find Read Talk
Luckily Ghinsberg managed to avoid being savaged or bitten by any of these natural-born killers or squeezed to death by a hungry anaconda.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
savaged
Your turn
exhiliration
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
falter
manoeuvre
vastness
impenetrable
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Killing and eating anything was out of the question – even a creature as ordinary as a frog can be deadly in the Amazon. One of the smallest species of frog produces enough poison to kill a dozen people, and just touching its skin can leave a person paralysed. Luckily Ghinsberg managed to avoid being savaged or bitten by any of these natural-born killers or squeezed to death by a hungry anaconda. (In this part of South America these snakes regularly grow to more than fifteen feet in length and can weigh over 200 pounds.) He did run into a jaguar, however, but was able to scare it off using insect-repellent spray from his first-aid kit. Overcoming the Amazon’s top predator would reinforce anyone’s heroic self-image, but Ghinsberg’s exhilaration was beginning to falter – travelling alone through such dense jungle was so mentally and physically tough. He almost drowned in a sudden flood, and at least twice he came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground. With no one to haul him out, this could easily have proved fatal.
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit, and along with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on. By the end of his second week he was reduced to skin and bone, and blistered feet meant he was barely making any progress. For a couple of days he had some company – he thought a young girl was walking by his side, although this was almost certainly only in his imagination. Eventually, after nearly three weeks, he collapsed to the ground. It was then he had his final piece of good fortune. After losing sight of Ghinsberg at the waterfall Gale had gone for help. He recruited a local boatman and set off back along the river in a dugout canoe to look for his companion. Covering such a huge area the search was long and hard, and nearly three weeks after losing contact with Ghinsberg he was ready to call off the rescue mission and go home. With the aid of the skilled river pilot he’d managed to navigate an impressively long way upstream, but now they were looking for a safe place to turn the boat around before heading back. Incredibly, when they finally found a safe spot to manoeuvre the boat it happened to be right by the stretch of bank where Ghinsberg had collapsed. When Gale spotted him he quickly dragged him onto the boat – his life spared, the two adventurers reunited, and both of them stunned by a miracle that had somehow brought them to precisely the same spot within the vastness of the very largest, most impenetrable rainforest on the planet.
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
He almost drowned in a sudden flood, and at least twice he came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground. With no one to haul him out, this could easily have proved fatal. Loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit, and along with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
He almost drowned in a sudden flood,
and at least twice he came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground.
With no one to haul him out, this could easily have proved fatal.
Loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit,
and along with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on.
Explore
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
He almost drowned in a sudden flood, and at least twice he came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground. With no one to haul him out, this could easily have proved fatal. Loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit, and along with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on.
Explore
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How do the author’s words express the seriousness of the dangers Yossi encountered?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Killing and eating anything was out of the question – even a creature as ordinary as a frog can be deadly in the Amazon. One of the smallest species of frog produces enough poison to kill a dozen people, and just touching its skin can leave a person paralysed.
A) How do the author’s words express the seriousness of the dangers Yossi encountered?
This suggests it would have been unsafe for Yossi to hunt for food. He would have to rely on what he could forage to keep him alive. Yossi is at serious risk of starvation. It also suggests that creatures we normally view as harmless are often lethal in the Amazon.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Survivors by David Long © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How do the author’s words express the seriousness of the dangers Yossi encountered?
B) How does this text show the theme of loneliness and the importance of friendship?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - Ghinsberg managed to avoid being savaged - natural-born killers - squeezed to death -could easily have proved fatal
use of vivid and intense words
Acceptable Answers
frightening details about animals
Text Mark Evidence - one of the smallest species of frog produces enough poison to kill a dozen people - just touching its (the frog’s) skin can leave a person paralysed - hungry anaconda…grow to more than fifteen feet in length and can weigh over 200 pounds overcoming the Amazon’s top predator (jaguar)
A) How do the author’s words express the seriousness of the dangers Yossi encountered?
Text Mark Evidence - he (Yossi) almost drowned in a sudden flood - he (Yossi) came dangerously close to being sucked into the boggy ground - the vastness of the very largest, most impenetrable rainforest on the planet
hazardous environment
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - with increasing hunger he struggled to find the will to go on - he (Yossi) was reduced to skin and bone - he (Yossi) collapsed to the ground
deteriorating/weakening physical condition
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - travelling alone…was so mentally and physically tough - loneliness can drain even the strongest person’s spirit…he (Yossi) struggled to find the will to go on
effects of isolation
B) How does this text show the theme of loneliness and the importance of friendship?
Text Mark Evidence with no one to haul him (Yossi) out (of floodwaters), this could easily have proved fatal
unsafe travelling alone
Text Mark Evidence he had some company - he thought a young girl was walking by his side, although this was almost certainly only in his imagination
hallucinations of a companion
Text Mark Evidence - after losing sight of Ghinsberg at the waterfall Gale had gone for help - he (Gale) set off…to look for his companion - when Gale spotted him (Yossi) he quickly dragged him onto the boat – his life spared - the two adventurers reunited
saved by the loyalty of a friend
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Quiz Time
Start
Which One's Right?
Overcoming the Amazon’s top predator would reinforce anyone’s heroic self-image, but Ghinsberg’s exhilaration was beginning to falter – travelling alone through such dense jungle was so mentally and physically tough.
Which is closest in meaning to exhilaration?
B despair
A excitement
C confusion
D fear
Fill the Gaps
impenetrable
vastness
manoeuvre
Incredibly, when they finally found a safe spot tothe boat it happened to be right by the stretch of bank where Ghinsberg had collapsed. When Gale spotted him he quickly dragged him onto the boat – his life spared, the two adventurers reunited, and both of them stunned by a miracle that had somehow brought them to precisely the same spot within the of the very largest, most rainforest on the planet.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Tick Me
Put one tick in each row to indicate if the statement is fact or opinion:
Fact
Opinion
1) Using insect repellent to scare off a jaguar was a clever idea.
2) One species of frog produces enough poison to kill a dozen people.
Check
3) Yossi almost drowned in a sudden flood while travelling through the jungle.
Click if correct
4) It was a miracle that Gale found Yossi at exactly the right moment.
Sequence Me
Click if correct
Check
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Miraculously, Gale rescued Yossi from the very place where he had collapsed.
B) Alone in the jungle, Yossi battled hunger, dangerous animals and extreme loneliness.
C) Yossi and four others set off on an expedition into the Amazon rainforest.
D) Yossi was swept over a waterfall and lost all his supplies except for what was in his pockets.
E) After the group split up due to clashes, Gale and Ghinsberg set off on a primitive raft.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
look for answers.
Reveal
Use non-fiction books to solve puzzles or satisfy your curiosity.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Survivors by David Long © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
manoeuvre
impenetrable
vastness