1. My Country For Mandela
By: Robert Chain
10 Red

2. Prediction
By looking at the picture on the first page we can see a lot of details and predict something . I think this poem is going to be about the slavery of Africa and how Nelson Mandela fought it.

3. Vocabulary Words Gate. Wipe. Forceful. Supper. Roughly. Van. Aches.
Comfort.
Bravely.
Tears.

4. Definitions Gate: Any means of entrance.
Wipe:to rub something over a surface.
Forceful: Acting or driven with force.
Supper: The evening meal.
Roughly: Violent ion action or motion.
Van: Small closed trucklike vehicle.
Aches: Continous dull pain.

5. Vocabulary Words Comfort: Person or thing giving consolation.
Bravely: Courageous.
Tears: Drops of saline fluid that lubricates and flows from the eye.

6. Comparison
I thought the story as going to be about Nelson Mandela and slavery in Africa , but this story only deals with slavery. In the story a boy thinks his father is leaving his mom because of some reason, but actually he is been taken away to be a slave. Later on in life he understands what really happened that day and learns that his father did not leave his mom for his own reasons.