This book contains the fiction title City Lights and the non-fiction title Expect the Unexpected.
In City Lights, Tor is visiting his aunt in the city. He discovers that city life is completely different from his home in the desert. Features of City Lights – Third-person narrative – Dialogue – Interaction between the characters – Sequence of events – Descriptive language Purpose City Lights can be used for the following purposes: – introducing the ideas and vocabulary in the associated non-fiction title – discussing the importance of sequence in a narrative – making personal connections with the text – exploring dialogue – responding to the text
In Expect the Unexpected, Writer and adventurer John Bonallack travels to Papua New Guinea to help write and publish books for a local school. One trip is more of an adventure then he expected! Features of Expect the Unexpected – Recount – Captioned photographs – Maps – Fact box – Contents page, glossary, index Purpose Expect the Unexpected can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills: – finding information in photographs and maps – analysing the theme – summarising and restating information – identifying the problems and solutions in a text – making personal connections with the text.
Themes covered in this book are: Journeys, Adventure, Family, Neighbourhood, Different Lands
Reading Level:27-28 (Ruby)
SeriesSkyrider Double Takes
Guided Reading Level27
GenreMemoir | Realistic Fiction
Theme/TopicAdventure | Different Lands | Family | Journeys | Neighbourhood
Strategy/SkillsAnalysing themes | Dialogue | Information skills | Making connections | Sequencing | Summarising | Using graphic sources