The Great Car Clean-out
Instructions:
- Read the story with your teacher
- Listen to the story again yourself, read along in your head with the words
- Record yourself reading the story
Questions about the reading:
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Question | 
Answer | 
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Who is the author of the book? | 
Margaret Mahy | 
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Who is the illustrator of the book? | 
Philip Webb  | 
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What does the word author mean? | 
A author means like a person who writes a book. | 
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What does the illustrator do? | 
They help the author who wrote it. | 
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What was Dad looking for? | 
Dad was looking for his cellphone. | 
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What was Donna looking for? | 
Donna was looking for her video. | 
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What was David looking for? | 
David was looking for his book | 
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Why did Mum shout? | 
Because she was mad and angry Because Dad,Donna,David wouldn't help her. | 
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Where did the people in the story find their things? | 
The people in story found their things in the car. | 
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What was this story about? | 
The story was about the great car clean out and it was about helping their mom clean then car | 
True or False?
| 
Statement | 
T/F | 
Evidence  | 
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Mum wanted to clean the car herself.  | 
  F | 
Mum said no who will help me. | 
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David lost his book. | 
  T | 
David looking for here book. | 
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Dad was trying to get everyone to clean the car.  | 
  F | 
Everyone looked at mum. | 
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Mum was wearing a green top.  | 
  F | 
No mum wearing yellow. | 
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Dad lost his cellphone. | 
  T | 
Dad looking for my cell phone. | 
Create:
Draw a picture of each of the characters from the story and what they have lost:
| 
Dad | 
David | 
Donna | 
Finished?
- Post your work to your blog:
- Title: The Great Car Clean-out
- Walt: To be able to sound out words and explain what is happening in the story.
- Insert word document
- Task Description: Today we read the Great Car Clean up it was about (write here). I learnt some new words and also how to retell a story in my own words.
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