Go through the story, picture by picture, without reading the text and answer the following questions.

1. Page 5. Riki is explaining the timetable to Liam. How do you think Liam feels. Confused? It is too difficult to

understand? The amount of information is overwhelming?

Or is it all no different from school in Australia?

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2. Page 6. Liam is working hard with help from Ta-chan and Sa-chan. What about Kazuki and Kenta? Are they doing their history work? If not, what are they doing?

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3. Page 7. Do you think Emi finds Maths easy? What makes you think that?

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Do you think Kazuki likes Maths? What makes you think that?

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4. Page 9. Visual Arts Lesson. The students are drawing portraits of Liam. What do their pictures tell you about the artistic skills of Anna (front left), Riki (back left) and Emi (back right)?

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5. Page 10. The Physics Lesson. Do you think Kazuki and Liam like Physics? What makes you think that?

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Do you think Emi and Anna know what they are doing? What do you see in the picture that makes you think that?

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6. Page 11. Is Riki doing the Physics task that has been set? If not, what is he doing?

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7. Page 12. What part of the school day is this?

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8. Page 13. What lesson is this? Do you think the 6 friends like this subject?

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9. Pages 14 ~ 16. Where are these scenes set? What do you think has happened?

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10. Pages 17, 18. What subject is this and what are they all doing?

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11. Page 20. This is the beginning of the after-school club activity. What club is it?

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12. Pages 21 ~ 26. What exactly are they doing in each of these pictures?

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13. Page 28. What do you think they are saying to each other?

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