» The Big Race

The Big Race

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Silver (Levels 23-24)
  • Year: Three
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
  • Theme/Topic: Challenge, Humour
  • Genre: Tall tale
  • Strategy/Skills: Making predictions, Sequencing, Monitoring for meaning
  • Page Count: 32
  • Reading Level: 23
  • Item Code: 200393
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  • Curriculum Codes: ACELT1596, ACELY1679, ACELY1680
Reader Description

Duck Lake Primary School is very small. There are only eleven students, and they are not very good at sports. What happens when the skinniest boy in the school is chosen to take part in The Big Race?

After you have completed the Reader

In the story, each runner had a map, but some of them still got lost. Draw a map of the race. Show the path that Trevor took and what happened to him at each place. Mark the places where other runners such as Milly McMinn and Ben Banks went.

Support Materials

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Lesson Plan

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