PROGRAM AND PLANNING:
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
FOR RAP POINT 3
The rainbirds |
The rainbirds by David Metzenthen and Sally Rippin
Cover illustration by Sally Rippin
Cover reproduced with kind permission of Hachette Children’s Books, Australia
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Review |
Activity 1: Read and discuss The rainbirds by David
Metzenthen and Sally Rippin.
- How do the responses of humans impact the story?
- How does the author use language to create the world of The rainbirds? (RS2.7)
Activity 2: Set up a birdwatching post at school.
- Find out what types of birds visit your area. Make a fact file on some of these birds. Share these in class . (INVS2.7)
- Record the numbers of birds that visit your viewing area in a particular time slot. Record your observations as a tally or on a table. Identify some of the birds using your fact file. (LTS2.3)
Those schools near natural bush areas and wetlands will have an increased variety of birds visiting to feed and breed. Visit some websites of wetlands in New South Wales to collect more information. A good example is The Wetlands Centre.
Activity 3: Write a short story.
- Students working in pairs put together a short story about one variety of birds that visits the school or local area.
- Try to write with some swirling text as used by the author. (WS2.9)
Activity 4: Compare and contrast
We are now going to compare and contrast the books that we have studied.
- What differences are there between Home (which has been based on some researched facts) and The rainbirds (which is fiction and based on a fictional or real experience)?
- Discuss how the grammar of factual and literary descriptions is different because of the purpose of the text and the audience. (RS2.7)
Posting response to Rap point 3
- prepare the response to Rap point 3 with the class
- student/s (rap representative) type the response, edit and save.
- teacher facilitates the students/s use of the word processor and email programs.
- rap rep/s send the response to Rap point 3 once the teacher has approved the final text.
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