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1. Sherryl Jordan Biography

Sherryl Jordan is a New Zealand author who was born in 1949. She wrote her first book when she was 4, but as she got older she wrote a total of 30 picture books and 12 novels. Although Many of her works stayed unpublished. Sherryl also enjoyed drawing when she was younger. She became an illustrator and one day she hoped to illustrate her own books. In 1988 she wrote her 13th novel which became her first published book under the US name "A Time of Dankness". Since her first book she has written, many more have been published around the world. She has travelled around New Zealand speaking to schools about her work.

5. Setting

A) The novel is set in Siranjaro (kingdom where the quelled people live) and the fire lords house. It was set when they didn't have t.v or electronics. The impact this had on the characters in the novel was that they had to provide themselves with firestones so they had heat for themselves and their families. They don't have heaters to keep them warm.

B) The first physics setting is in the Siranjaro at the mines, they are dark with no light and there is people everywhere in different places finding firestones. "I carried no candle, but worked by touch in the total dark" The second physical setting is the battle ground, a wide plateau sometimes used for joustry tournaments, archery competitions and mask battles. Here amasai and his army ride up against Zune and his men in the battle of the chosen and quelled.

11. Vocabulary

Toiled- work extremely hard Wizened- shrivelled or wrinkled with age Distraught- deeply upset and agitated Vigour- energy, forceful exertion Unyielding- not giving into pressure Diminished- made smaller or less Comprehend- standing out to be visible Tumult- a loud, confused noise Livid- extremely angry Daunted- making someone feel intimidated Desolate- a place that could be deserted of people

9. Pop quiz

True or false

The leader of the fire lords army is Amasia The name of Elshas bird is Teraj Her tent was made out of black cow skin She used her bird to catch little prey All the firelords handmaids wore a steel divining eye She was 16 years old when she became a handmaid Her families symbol is of a bird None of the caves she visited was stolen from The lines of the temple were lit at morning She can divine and heal

Answers T F talai T T F gold T F no lion/sun F I was stolen from T T

7.Beginning and ending

a)At the beginning of the novel it was Elsha's 16th birthday. She had always wanted life to be different where slaves wouldn't have to work for their whole life and everybody would live equally. On her birthday she decided to relax a bit in the mine. She was punished that night until the next morning. "Don't give up, little Elsha, joy of my life. Don't give up"

At the end of the story Elshas life long dream comes true and she becomes the firewoman after having a battle with Zune who thinks he has to be fire lord and Elsha of the quelled wins. So Zune dies in the battle "we will not refuse to mine for firestones," I said, "but we will not work as slaves, or be treated any longer like animals. We will live like human beings, equal with the chosen."

B) the links between the beginning and end is that Elsha knew she would be able to change how the quelled work and the chosen would do mine work so well in the end she still wanted to and became the fire woman and could change the rules is she wanted too.