The Scarecrow

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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Turquoise (Levels 17-18)
Year: Two
Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
Theme/Topic: Clothes, Family, Humour, Overcoming obstacles, Problem solving, School and community
Genre: General narrative
Strategy/Skills: Making connections, Making inferences, Summarising
Page Count: 24
Reading Level: 17
Item Code: 200386
High Frequency Words: dress, get, have, look, mum, think, said, say, school
Curriculum Codes: ACELT1582, ACELT1584, ACELY1659, ACELA1469, ACELA1824, ACELA1825, ACELT1587, ACELT1589, ACELT1591, ACELY1669

Reader Description

Henry and Simon's mum is changing a flat tyre on their car, in her dressing gown! Have your parents ever embarrassed you?

After you have completed the Reader

Ask the children to think of a time when something embarrassing happened to them. Use one of the children's suggestions to write a story as a class. Draw three columns on chart paper, headed Beginning, Middle, and End. In the appropriate columns on the chart, record the main ideas for the story. Encourage the children to think about their own stories in this way.

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