How to Bee - Bren MacDibble - Stage 2/3 Literature Circle Task Cards CBCA 2018

This is a 16-page set of LIterature Circle task cards based on the beautiful book “How to Bee” by Bren MacDibble. This book was voted Book of the Year for Younger Readers by the Children’s Book Council of Australia in 2018.

How to Bee tells the story of Peony, a brave, loyal and clever girl who lives in a futuristic world without bees. Peony longs to be a “bee”, a human pollinator who encourages fruit and vegetables to be grown in place of real bees. Her mother, who has been living and working in the city, arrives one day, and forces Peony to come with her and her new husband-to-be to the urban wasteland that is the big city. Peony is a courageous, resourceful girl, but even these skills may not be enough to help her survive this dangerous new world.

This book would be suitable for a whole class read-aloud, or as a reading group text for Stages Two or Three.

There is a bank of ten Literacy Circle tasks, designed to be printed and laminated for future use. These involve a high degree of student choice, so as to be independent. All associated printables are also included.

*Also available in my store is a 64-page comprehension guide based on this text. I used these two resources together in my classroom.

I have many other literature-based resources in my store (most of them Australian) so feel free to check them out.

Happy reading!