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Walt: Infer and interpret the author's ideas

This story is written by John Bonallack. It's found in School Journal Part 1 Number 5 2000.

Followup

WALT: Infer and interpret the hidden message in the story

This story was written by Bernard Beckett and Illustrated by Kat Chadwick. It can be found in School Journal Level 2 September 2014.

Instructions:

* Read the story again carefully

* Read and answer questions carefully

* Write down the three main ideas of the story

* Use sumopaint to draw what you think was in Aiden's bag

Nobody Laughed

WALT: Retell the story again in our own words

This story was written by Nancy Patulski and Illustrated by Chris Browne. It can be found in School Journal Part 2 Number 1, 1997.

Nobody Laughed

This story was written by Bernard Beckett and Illustrated by Kat Chadwick. It can be found in School Journal Level 2 September 2014.

Finder's Keepers

Mrs Wilding's Potatoes

Walt: Infer and interpret the main ideas in the story

This story is written and illustrated by Bill Nagelkerke. It can be found in School Journal Part 2 Number 2 20011.

Walt: Infer and interpret the main ideas in the story

This story has been retold. This version is written by Dave Armstrong. It's found in School Journal Level 2 June 2014.

Activity One Use sumopaint to draw a picture of a grasshopper. Write an advice column pretending to the the grasshopper. Pretend you are grasshopper and explain what the problem is. Then give him advice on what he should do.

Activity Two Find the meanings to the these words. Use google or an online dictionary to help you understand what they mean.

The Ants and The Grasshopper - The Sequel Followup 2

Walt: Infer and interpret the hidden message in the play

This play is about two children who want to sell their mum. This was written by Carol Wyvill and can be found in the School Journal Part 1 Number 4 2010.

The Lightest Wood in the World

WALT: Read and find clues in the text to support our answers.

This is an article about whau and a group of boys who build rafts out of it. It is written and photographed by Jill MacGregor.

School Journal Part 1 Number 1 2004.

Mum for sale The lightest wood in the world

Walt: Find the hidden messages in the text

This story is about Teina and her mum who miss the bus. They travel on foot the whole and discover it wasn't so bad after all.

Missing the Bus

Walt: Order and retell the story again in your own words.

This story is about a boy who left his two dollar coin on the windowsill while he went to sleep. A series of events unfold. Your job is to retell what happens next and how his coin ended up back on the windowsill when he woke up in the morning.

Turei's Two Dollars

This story is about Joshua and his Poppa building a trolley. They used something of mum's and she played a trick on them.

Followup Activity Junk