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Before you readQuestions to askLook at the cover. What do you see?

What words do you recognise?

Read the title.

How many words are in the title?

Which words have one/two syllables?

Which characters might we meet in this book?

What two words make up the compound word kidnap?

Who might get kidnapped?

Who could be the kidnapper?

In the title, which word is the adjective?

things to doProblems in paradiseStudents talk about other books in the Lost Island series. They

discuss how problems would be solved on the island and how

punishments might be carried out.

Narrative structureRemind students about the structure of a narrative. Talk about

the beginnings of narratives, the problems, the resolutions and

the endings. Discuss how problems and resolutions add interest

to stories. Students give examples from other narratives they

have read or heard.

While you’re readingPrompts to rememberDoes that word make sense?

Can you find a clue in the picture?

Have you seen the word before/ on another page/

in our classroom?

Does it look like another word you know?

What sounds do the letters make?

Can you chunk some of the sounds together?

Try reading the sentence/page again.

And afterwardsQuestions to askFind three compound words on page 10.

What would you have done to make Pebble go to bed and stay

quiet?

Name all the punctuation marks used on page 12.

Have you ever had hot milk to help you go to sleep?

Did it work?

What sort of songs are ‘sleepy songs’?

What do you think Pebble dreamt about?

Will Pebble have learnt her lesson? Will she go to bed on time

from now on?

What happens in your home when it’s bedtime? Does everyone

do as they are told?

Have you ever been annoyed by someone who would not stay

quiet at bedtime?

What did you do about it?

things to doNarrativesStudents revise what they know about the structure of

narratives. They take work sheet 1. They use the scaffold

to help them write a summary of The Big Kidnap.

Beginnings and endingsStudents take work sheet 2. They read the sentence beginnings

on the left-hand side of the page. They notice that the page

references have been provided and that they are in chronological

order. Students find the end of each sentence and draw a line

to connect it with the beginning.

Night timeStudents recreate the illustration on the last page. They paint a

background using gold and brown paints. They paint the moon

white and they attempt to include the glow from the moon.

Then they use the printing technique to print stars of various

shapes.

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narratives Read The Big Kidnap. Summarise what happened.Title:

In the beginning:

The problem was:

The resolution was:

In the end:

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Beginnings and endingsMatch the beginning and ending of each sentence.

p2 Pebble would not deep into the jungle.

p8 Rex tried to get Pebble to go to bed

a plan.

p8 Pebble ran “Let me go! Let me go!”

p8 Everybody could hear her but

to the top of a hill.

p10 Together the came up with go to bed.

p12 They caught Pebble lots of wonderful dreams.

p12 Pebble screeched, nobody could find her.

p14 The dinosaurs carried her singing sleepy songs.

p18 Tickles took Pebble to or else!

p18 Tickles left her on in a big net.

p20 Leo sat in a tree a soft bed of feathers.

p22 That night, everyone had the other side of the island.

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Page Errors Self correction meaning/structure/visual clues

2 Pebble would not go to bed. She was too busy being wild. She yelled as she swung through the jungle.

4 River tried to get her to bed. Pebble would not listen. She just got wilder.

6 Luna tried to get her to go to bed. Pebble would not listen. She laughed wildly and got louder.

8 Rex tried to get Pebble to go to bed – or else! Pebble ran deep in the jungle. Everyone could hear her but nobody could find her.

10 Nobody was getting any sleep. Everyone was tired and grumpy. Something had to be done. Together they came up with a plan.

12 That night, River and Brock set a trap. They caught Pebble in a big net. Pebble screeched, “Let me go! Let me go!” But she could not escape.

comprehension Questions response

Head – factualWhy was everyone tired and grumpy?

Heart – personal interpretationHow do you try to get to sleep?

Hidden – inferentialWhat does ‘or else!’ mean?

analysis reading behaviours recommendationsReads with understanding easy / instructional / difficultSelf corrects always / mostly / sometimesSelf corrects using mostly meaning / structural / visual cluesReads fluently easy / instructional / difficult

date assessment completed:

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