1) Write a short piece on your blog, explaining what “friendship” means to you. Who has been a good friend to you? When have you been a good friend to someone else? What does it mean to be a “good friend” to someone?
I think Friendship is an important thing in everyones life, the last thing anyone would want would to grow up with no one to turn to when things go wrong.
2) Do you think it’s important to have good friends?
Of course, growing up with the wrong crowd could scar your future permanently.
3) Why is Fox described as a ‘flickering tongue of fire’? What does this tell us about the effect he will have on Dog and Magpie.
Flickering tongue of fire describes fox to be a bad guy who’s going to try and stir things up between dog and magpie.
4) Think of five words that describe Dog, Fox and Magpie.
DOG: Friendly, kind, athletic, one eyed and co operative.
MAGPIE: Shy, persistent, desperate, injured and stupid.
FOX: Evil, bad, stirrer, mean, and a bully.
5) Magpie feels that Fox’s smell fills up the cave. She isn’t really describing his smell, but how she makes him feel. What does this tell you about how she feels about Fox?
That she is worried and doen’t trust Fox.
6) Why do you think Fox splits up Dog and Magpie? Would he have done this if he had more friends of his own?
I think Fox split up Dog and Magpie because hes a bully, and if he had friends they would have probably helped him split hem up.
7) Why would Fox’s scream be a scream of despair? Why would it be one of triumph?
I think Fox’s scream is of triumph because he has made someone really sad, and made them feel lonely like him.
Do you think Magpie was really good friends with Dog? Why/why not?
No, because Magpie ditched Dog and went with Fox.
Some thoughtful responses here T, but I would have liked to have seen a little more work put into them. I think you could have produced some more indepth answers.