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Published edition© Eleanor CurtainPublishing 2004First published 2004Apart from any fair dealing forthe purposes of study, research,criticism or review, aspermitted under the CopyrightAct of Australia, no part of thisbook may be reproduced byany process, or transmitted inany form, without permissionof the copyright owner. Wherecopies of part or the whole ofthis book are made under PartVB of the Copyright Act, thelaw requires that records ofsuch copying be kept and thecopyright owner is entitled toclaim payment.Developed byEleanor Curtain PublishingText: Elizabeth GoldingConsultant: Susan HillDesigned byAlexander StittProduction byPublishing SolutionsPrinted in ChinaISBN 0 7253 3387 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 904 05 06?How to use this bookBefore reading: TalkthroughTalk through the book with the children. Encouragethem to predict the text from the cover and thepictures, and to think about the information theyprovide. Direct the children’s attention to aspects ofthe text that may challenge them. Support the childrento deal with these challenges by asking theTalkthrough questions on each page.During reading: Observe and supportObserve the children as they read. Encourage themto monitor their own reading as they comprehendthe text. As needed, support the children by helpingthem to discover and use reading strategies and cuesto solve problems and respond to reading challengesthat arise in the text. Interruptions to the children’sreading should be minimal and focused on specifiedlearning needs.After reading: Comprehension, returning tothe text, responding and writing linksTo further develop children’s understanding of thetext, select from activities found on page 16 and theinside back cover. These whole text, sentence and wordlevel activities reinforce the teaching focus of thisbook. Assessment ideas are provided to assist withplanning for further teaching.Text highlights• The text features directional language:through, along, under, past, around.• Colour illustrations support the text.• The illustrations carry a subplot.Vocabularyalong, around, clothes line, fence, grass,hopped, house, past, path, through, under,wheelbarrow
Setting the contextPrepare cards with the words ‘through’,‘along’, ‘under’, ‘past’ and ‘around’ on them.Ask the children to move as directed by thecards. For example: Hold up ‘past’ and askthem to walk past the chair.Introducing the bookIn this book, a rabbit runs all the way fromhis hole to the carrot patch. He doesn’tknow that a dog is trying to catch him.Front coverRead the title to the children and point outthe names of the author and illustrator.Why do you think the rabbit will have to run?Title pageLook at the picture of the rabbit.Where might he be running to?
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