The Great Car Clean - out

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:

Question	Answer
Who is the author of the book?	Margaret Mahy
Who is the illustrator of the book?	Philip Webb
What does the word author mean?	A author means like a person who writes a book.
What does the illustrator do?	They help the author who wrote it.
What was Dad looking for?	Dad was looking for his cellphone.
What was Donna looking for?	Donna was looking for her video.
What was David looking for?	David was looking for his book
Why did Mum shout?	Because she was mad and angry Because Dad,Donna,David wouldn't help her.
Where did the people in the story find their things?	The people in story found their things in the car.
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
Mum wanted to clean the car herself.	F	Mum said no who will help me.
David lost his book.	T	David looking for here book.
Dad was trying to get everyone to clean the car.	F	Everyone looked at mum.
Mum was wearing a green top.	F	No mum wearing yellow.
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.
• Go on Reading Eggs