Spoiled by Oil

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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Emerald (Levels 25-26)
Year: Three
Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
Theme/Topic: Animals birds and insects, Character education, Habitats, Life science, Personal change, Relationships
Genre: Diary journal and log, General narrative
Strategy/Skills: Summarising, Exploring text structure, Asking and answering questions, Synthesising
Page Count: 16
Reading Level: 26
Item Code: 200187
High Frequency Words:
Curriculum Codes: ACELA1479, ACELT1594, ACELT1599, ACELT1600, ACELY1678, ACELY1679, ACELY1680, ACELA1489, ACELA1490, ACELA1491, ACELT1602, ACELT1604, ACELT1605, ACELY1690, ACELY1691, ACELY1692, ACELA1504, ACELA1797, ACELA1512, ACELT1608, ACELT1795, ACELY1701, ACELY1702, ACELY1703

Reader Description

When an oil spill threatens hundreds of seabirds, a young girl reluctantly helps out. She changes her mind when she sees the damage to the birds and the shoreline.

After you have completed the Reader

The girl in this story experiences an oil spill firsthand. Using the information from her diary and the illustrations, list the different actions the community takes to save the wildlife. Then create a poster that tells people what to do in an oil spill.

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