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Hamburger

Text highlights• The text is cumulative and is supported bycolour photographs.

• The sentence form: ‘This is the … on thebun’.

Vocabularybun, hamburger, lettuce, sauce, tomato

Published edition© Eleanor CurtainPublishing 2004

First published 2004

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Developed byEleanor Curtain PublishingText: Elizabeth GoldingConsultant: Susan HillDesigned byAlexander StittProduction byPublishing Solutions

Printed in China

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How to use this bookBefore reading: TalkthroughTalk through the book with the children. Encouragethem to predict the text from the cover and thepictures, and to think about the information theyprovide. Direct the children’s attention to aspects ofthe text that may challenge them. Support the childrento deal with these challenges by asking theTalkthrough questions on each page.

During reading: Observe and supportObserve the children as they read. Encourage themto monitor their own reading as they comprehendthe text. As needed, support the children by helpingthem to discover and use reading strategies and cuesto solve problems and respond to reading challengesthat arise in the text. Interruptions to the children’sreading should be minimal and focused on specifiedlearning needs.

After reading: Comprehension, returning tothe text, responding and writing linksTo further develop children’s understanding of thetext, select from activities found on page 12 and theinside back cover. These whole text, sentence and wordlevel activities reinforce the teaching focus of thisbook. Assessment ideas are provided to assist withplanning for further teaching.

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Setting the contextDo you eat hamburgers? What do you like to

have on them?

Ask the children to tell you what they haveon their hamburgers. Model the sentenceform: ‘This is the … on the bun.’ Encouragethe children to tell you about theirhamburger using the same sentence form.

Introducing the bookThis book is about how to make the kind of

hamburger this girl likes.

Turn through the book, asking the childrento identify the things that are added to thehamburger.

Front coverAsk the children to tell you the differentthings on the hamburger in the order theywould have been added.

Title pageAsk the children to say the title aloud. Pointout the names of the author and thephotographer.

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Hamburger Pages 2–3

TalkthroughHere the girl is holding the bun for her hamburger. How do you

think she feels about making a hamburger? How do you know

this?

Observe and supportDo the children recognise the high-frequency words:this, is, the?Can you find the word ‘is’? How did you know it was ‘is’?

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This is the bun.

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Hamburger Pages 4–5

TalkthroughNow the girl is going to put something on the bun. The left hand

pages always show a close-up of the topping. The right hand

pages show a picture of the bun with the extra topping added.

Observe and supportCan the children understand the literal meaningof the text?What did the girl add to the bun?

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This is the hamburgeron the bun.

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Hamburger Pages 6–7

TalkthroughWhat topping is the girl adding now?

What kind of sauce do you like on your hamburgers?

What do you think the girl might add to her hamburger next?

Observe and supportDo the children notice when they have made an error?I like the way you stopped and had another go. What made you

stop and fix that word?

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This is the sauceon the hamburgeron the bun.

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Hamburger Pages 8–9

TalkthroughWhat is she adding now? We can see the whole tomato on

page 8 and slices of tomato on the hamburger on page 9.

What do you think the girl might add to the hamburger next?

Observe and supportCan the children predict what the first words of eachpage will be?How do you think the story will start on the next page? Why do

you think that?

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This is the tomatoon the sauceon the hamburgeron the bun.

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Hamburger Pages 10–11

TalkthroughDid you guess that lettuce was the next topping? What could

the girl have added to her hamburger instead of lettuce?

Observe and supportCan the children use known words to work out newones?Can you point to the word ‘hamburger’? How did you know it

was hamburger? Is there another word within the word

‘hamburger’ that helped you to work it out?

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This is the lettuceon the tomatoon the sauceon the hamburgeron the bun.

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Hamburger Page 12

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This is my hamburger!

? TalkthroughNow the girl is ready to eat her hamburger.

Point out the use of the exclamation mark. Explainwhy the author used it.Do you think the girl will enjoy the hamburger? Why or why not?

What do you like about eating hamburgers?

After readingBeing a meaning makerEncourage the children to support their answerswith evidence from the book as they discuss thesecomprehension questions:What things does the girl like on her hamburger?

What does she put on after the tomato?

Is the girl’s hamburger the same as the kind you like?

If not, how is it different?

AssessmentCan the children:• determine whether the words they say make sense in the text?• predict what the first part of each page will say?

whole text activity sentence activity word activity

Being a code breakerExplore the following language feature:• Words that rhyme with ‘bun’: fun,gun, nun, pun, run, sun.

Being a text userRefer to the text when discussing thesequestions:What kind of book is this?How do you know?What does it teach you?

Being a text criticDo all children like hamburgers?Do all children get to eat hamburgers?

Responding to textProvide the children with colouredpaper, glue and scissors. Ask them

to make a collage of the hamburgerfeatured in the book. They could work inpairs to do this.

Ask the children to describe whatit is like eating a hamburger, then

have them write down their descriptions.Their work could be collated to make aclass book.

Ask the children to clap eachsyllable in a word read from the

text; for example, hamburger, lettuce,tomato, bun. This will help them to hearthe sounds in words.

WritingBrainstorm a list of ingredients with thechildren and write these on the board.Ask the children to write a story aboutmaking their own hamburger. Encouragethem to illustrate their story.

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Topic: FoodCurriculum link: Health and Physical EducationText type: CumulativeReading level: 3Word count: 54High-frequency words: is, my, on, the, thisVocabulary: bun, hamburger, lettuce, sauce,tomato

Possible literacy focus• Predicting what would make sense when reading.• Understanding the cumulative nature of the text.

SummaryThis book is a cumulative text. The girl describeseach step in the making of a hamburger. Thephotographs show the ingredients being added tothe bun, as well as a close-up of where each item hascome from.

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