RUNT Novel Study based on the story by Craig Silvey – A Comprehensive, Engaging, and Cross-Curricular Unit!
Designed for Grades 4–6, this resource deepens comprehension and critical thinking with structured, interactive activities aligned to key literacy strategies.
What’s Included?
✔ Comprehension Activities – Making Inferences, Summarizing, Finding the Main Idea, Asking & Answering Questions, Cause & Effect, Sequencing Events, Predicting, Making Connections, and Visualizing.
✔ Creative Chapter Responses – Diary entries, newspaper reports, discussion prompts, and research projects.
✔ Cross-Curricular Connections
✔ Story Elements & Analysis – Track plot structure, character development, and theme exploration.
✔ Story Elements Review – Analyze plot, character, setting, and themes.
✔ Book Review & Reflection – Encourage thoughtful responses.
✔ Extension Tasks – Cross-curricular projects to extend learning.
Why You’ll Love This Resource!
✔ Easy to Use – Print-and-go activities save time.
✔ Engaging & Flexible – Ideal for whole-class, small groups, or independent study.
✔ Aligned with Key Strategies – Supports comprehension through structured, meaningful tasks.
✔ Cross-Curricular Learning – Connects fiction and nonfiction for deeper engagement.
INCLUDES AN ANSWER KEY
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RUNT, WANDI and SCOUT AND THE RESCUE DOGS Novel Studies
Three NOVEL STUDIES for RUNT by Craig Silvey, WANDI by Favel Parrett and SCOUT AND THE RESCUE DOGS by Dianne Wolfer. These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills. With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text. Activities include: COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualising, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analysing, synthesising, understanding vocabulary in context. Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view, venn diagrams, writing, point of view, vocabulary work. Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme, Book response - creative responses, written responses, critical thinking. All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
£15.50
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RUNT and SCOUT AND THE RESCUE DOGS Novel Study Bundle
Two NOVEL STUDIES for RUNT by Craig Silvey and SCOUT AND THE RESCUE DOGS by Dianne Wolfer. These are engaging and comprehensive units that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills. With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter the units can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. They have been designed to promote thinking and understanding. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The units have been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text. Activities include: COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualising, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analysing, synthesising, understanding vocabulary in context. Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view, venn diagrams, writing, point of view, vocabulary work. Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme, Book response - creative responses, written responses, critical thinking. All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!
£14.50
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