Questions:

• How does Sachar effectively convey Stanley’s struggle to the reader on slide 1? Use evidence from the text to justify your answer.

• In chapter 39, what does Zero confess to doing?

• Find and copy the word that means ‘with remorse’.

Answers:

• (short sentences, often on a new line – symbolises Stanley’s lack of energy and time running out; “it was the bitter smell of despair”; he almost gives up, but his thoughts interrupt him (“You need water to make mud!”))

• (He confesses that he was the one who stole the sneakers)

• (“contritely”)