Novel Railway Children Ch 2

The Railway Children
Chapter Two Assignments

Task 1: Due Date: __________________

In this chapter the children go to the rail station.
Describe an actual or imagined trip on a train. How did it feel? With whom did you travel? What was your departure and destination? What events transpired on the way?

Instructions: Write your assignment on A4 lined paper. Use paragraphs (4-6 Sentences). Check COPS (Capitals, Organization, Spelling and Punctuation).
Minimum 250 words. On completion, place in your Novel file.

Task 2: Due Date: _________________

Research rail stations in the 1900's. Use the following websites and the attached note page.

www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/speed_01.shtml

www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail/our-company/kids-page

Answer the following questions:
1. Who invented trains?
2. What are railroad tracks?
3. What is the distance between railway tracks?
4. How were they powered?
5. Why are trains built in one location and not another?
6. What were the affects of the age of the railway in Britian?
7. What happened in Britain in the 1840s regarding railways?

Once you have completed your note page, use the information to write your answers on A4 lined paper and place in your Novel file.

Task 3: Due Date: _________________

A. Prepare two questionnaires: one to interview ticket sellers asking about usage, schedules, times, prices and delays, and two, to interview passengers about why they are travelling. Write these on A4 lined paper and place in your Novel file.

B. Field trip to Ramses train station. Interview 2 ticket sellers and 2 people waiting to board the train. Record your answers in you Grammar/Writing notebook.

C. Write a 250 word summarizing your findings on A4 lined paper and place in your Novel file. Be sure you have edited, revised, typed, and printed your paper.

Task 4: Read the quote below. Write a paragraph in your vocabulary/literature notebook what the sentences means to you.
Quote: "Oh don't!" said Bobbie. "Can't you decide now what you'll do to us? It's our fault just as much as Peter's." --The Railway Children by E. Nesbit.