L12 TEpp Mice In Space

Responding to textProvide children with a range ofappropriate comics. Ask themto compare and contrast theillustrations and stories.What types of comics do you prefer?What do you like about the illustrations?Re-read the text focusing on thepunctuation and the use of boldor larger text to emphasise meaning.Turn to page 6.How would you read the text on thispage? What would the voice of the bigcat sound like when he says ‘Here Icome, mice-ies!’?Children work in pairs to explore thecharacters’ voices and the varied linesof text that they say.Writing linksIndependent writingDiscuss the plot with the childrenand encourage them to write the nextadventure of Max and MatildaMouse, continuing on from page 16.What could Max and Matilda get up tonext? How would the big cat be involvedin the adventure?These could be presented using acomputer drawing program andturned into a slide show.Alternatively, children could work onpaper to make a comic book.Ask children to list all thewords in the book that arefollowed by an exclamation mark.What do they add to the text?AssessmentCan the child:• Explain the features of comics?• Follow a story as contained within speech balloons?• Explain some differences between comics and other narratives?whole text activity sentence activity word activity