Activity 1 – Lipogram

A lipogram is a piece of writing where a particular letter is omitted. In our task I have asked students to remove the letter o.

“Albert, is it true that if you touch a butterfly’s wings, you keep it from flying ever again? Basically, kill it?”

“No, it is a myth that you render a butterfly unable to fly by touching its wings. The powdery residue on their wings is actually scales. They shed their scales on a regular basis, so merely touching them is okay.

“Albert is it true that if we feel a butterfly’s wings we keep it from flying ever again? Basically, kill it?”

“it is a myth that we render a butterfly unable to fly by feeling it’s wings. the flaky residue on their wings is actually scales. they shed their scales in an regular basis. actually feeling them is fine.

Character Hot Seating

You have been in Ally’s world for a few weeks now and have learnt more about her and some of the other characters in the book. In a classroom students often have different opinions on why or what motivates a character to do and act a certain way. This activity allows you to form opinions about a character.

TASK

1. In pairs choose a character you would like to ask specific questions to.

2. Create a list of 5-10 questions.

3. Have one child at the front of the room sit in a chair.

4. This child assumes the identity of one of the characters from the text.

5. The class then asks the character questions.

6. The child in the seat answers questions in character.