25 Text
Card
Lower primary – Consolidating level
Text type: Narrative
Word count: 200
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Material sourced from: Storylands, Dog Overboard, Blake Education.
Dog Overboard
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25 Activity
Card
Lower primary – Consolidating level
Dog Overboard
ZONE IN! WRITE IT!
Before reading the text … After reading the text, write …
Comprehension and Writing Response Centres – Lower Primary © 2009 Blake Education
Meet Bones the dog. He is part of Captain Red Beard’s crew on ♦ Missing dog poster
a ship called “The Black Beast”. Captain Red Beard would like you to create a missing dog
One day Bones is trying to barrel walk when he slips over and poster. He wants other pirates to display these posters on
splash he is gone … over the side and into the deep green sea. their ships. Think of useful information to use on the poster,
Read what happened to Bones. such as: the dog’s name, what Bones looks like, when he
went missing, the reward, whom he belongs to …
Print your good copy on a large piece of card. Use colourful
READ IT! Work Sheet 28 marker pens. Paste a photocopy of Bones on the poster.
After reading the text … ♦ Lifeboat to the rescue
The activities on Work Sheet 28 are about the reading. Make a model lifeboat for rescuing Bones in. Use
Complete the activities on the sheet. playdough, icy pole sticks, paper and any other suitable
materials. Test the finished boat to make sure it floats.
Write some simple steps about how you made the boat.
THINK IT! TALK IT! Use these headings:
Materials
After reading … Think and share with a partner. What to do
Did you enjoy this story? Imagine how Bones must have felt Testing the boat
when he went over the side. Have you ever had something
really scary happen to you? What happened and how did you ♦ Portrait of Bones
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solve the problem? Look at a picture of Bones floating on the barrel.
Paint a picture like this on white paper.
What sorts of things frighten you?
Draw a white cloud shape on another piece of white paper.
Do you think Bones was scared to sail again?
Write on it what Bones is thinking. Cut out the cloud and
paste it on your painting when it is dry. Share your painting
with a partner.
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28 Work
Sheet
Lower primary – Consolidating level
Crew Overboard!
Text Card: 25
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Decide if each sentence is true or false. Then write your answer
beside each sentence.
1 Bones slipped and fell over the side of the ship.
2 Bones sat on top of the barrel and was able to float.
3 Bones was washed up onto an island.
4 Bones used a tall tree as a lookout to see ships.
5 Bones knew the ship would sail towards the bonfire.
6 The water around the island was not deep.
7 Bones did not think he would be rescued.
What do you think?
8 You should always wear a life jacket when you are on a ship.
9 Captain Red Beard must have searched a lot to find Bones
on the island.
10 Bones was a very clever dog.
Draw a picture of Bones in your student book. Then write five words
next to it that describe Bones.
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