SHORT
STORIES
Week 4 Spelling Words
MAKE SURE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD MEANS YOU LOOK IT UP!
Short story club jobs
Super
Sleuth Summariser
Doesn’t necessarily have to be written!
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Make a comic
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Mind map
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Act it out
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Time line
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Story board or map
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Poster
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Create a song, poem or rap that retells the story
What could you potentially do at home but not at school?
Questioneer Engineer
Asks the group 5 questions about the text to help discussion.
3 direct (answer is in the text)
5 non-direct (you need to use the info from the text to help you think of the answer!)
League of Languages
An example of great language is a group of words or a sentence. Pieces of language that make you feel something or see an image in your head.
Write sentence and draw little picture of what it makes you see!
Vocab Meister
Perfect Productive Problematic PUZZLE Person
Create a puzzle that shows your understanding and challenges your group.
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Word search
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Cross word
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Letter code
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Quiz… A Kahoot?
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Alpha-numeric puzzle
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Dot-to-dot
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Morse code
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Binary
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A word or letter Sudoku
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9 letter word puzzle
The Lead-ustrator
Leads discussion and provides an illustration for the short story.
bullion
courier
likelihood
fulfilment
unfulfilled
fulfilling
ebullient
woomera
babushka
pincushion
bushwhacker
misunderstood
bonus word: Charukyj
hoodwink
ambushed
bullying
pulleys
bullocky
cuckoo
crookedly
rookery
whoosh
bushel
bulrush
fulsome
bulletin
Thomas & Natalie's Literacy Group
Vocabulary meister needs to bring 5 words from the text in their own sentences and a definition of those words.
Week 3 Activities
Dogo News
Select from the two Dogo News articles below and complete the activities in your reading book.
Click the link to access the articles.
The World's Deepest Underwater Cave
Miniscules
Watch the new episode of Miniscules on the x-server.
Come up with a way to retell the story. It could be drawing a series of pictures and captioning them, it could be adding dialouge to the film, it could be written, it could be a time line of main events or retelling the story from another characters point of view. You can use technology or pen and paper - it's up to you!
Week 6 Short Story Groups
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
Rupert - Questioneer Engineer
Haname - Super Sleuth Summariser
Kyan - Vocab Meister
Daniel - PPP
Toby - Lead-ustrator
Laurie - Lead-ustrator
Henry - Super Sleuth Summariser
Ayaan - League of Languages
Adam Z - Questioneer Engineer
Ali H - Vocab Meister
Eren - PPP
AMIGO BROTHERS
Elham - Super Sleuth Summariser
Sofia - League of Languages
Ali Y - Vocab Meister
Hamza - PPP
Naing - Questioneer Engineer
Lara - Lead-ustrator
Liam - Lead-ustrator
Ibby - Super Sleuth Summariser
Mete - League of Languages
Khtab - Vocab Meister
Ahmed T - Questioneer Engineer
Miki - PPP
THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS
Nour - Super Sleuth Summariser
Mohammed - Super Sleuth Summariser
Nicholas - Lead-ustrator
Soliyana - PPP
Asra - Vocab Meister
Imogen - Questioneer Engineer
Saja - League of Languages
A SOUND OF THUNDER
Abi - League of Languages
Justin - Questioneer Engineer
Aiden - PPP
Ahmad E - Lead-ustrator
Mia B - Super Sleuth Summariser
Sascha - League of Languages
Week 4 Activities
The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley
RESPOND: Either draw a. What your ideal life would look like. OR b. Draw the place where you would be the happiest. Make it as colourful, or bland, or full or empty as you like. It can have a lot of things, or a few things, it can be indoors, or outdoors…,be creative, use your imagination…
SEARCH: What/Whereabouts in the world do most people have the most electronic devices (computers, ipads, tablets, iphones/androids, TVs etc.) Map this. What countries undertake what past times? Choose 10 countries and list their TOP 5 past-times.
WRITE: What do you need to be happy? What could you not do without? Are these things qualities, or things? What things do you want, and what things do you need? Can you tell the difference? What is the difference? OR answer - What does happiness mean to you? What does it mean to other people (think about what it might mean for your parents, grandparents or other people in your life)?
Week 6 Activities
Environmental and Social Issues in Australia
Read and view all 4 links.
1. Great Barrier Reef Article
2. Australian Environmental Issues
3. Racism in Australia
4. Body Image and Aussie kids
Answer the following questions about EACH text.
Your answers should be a 3-4 sentences for each question.
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What is the issue?
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Why is it an issue?
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Who does it effect and why?
Pick ONE text to answer the last two questions about.
Present your answers in a creative way.
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What action can I take about this issue?
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What action can I assist others to take about this issue?