All associated printables are also included. These involve a high degree of student choice, so as to be independent. There is a bank of ten Literacy Circle tasks, designed to be printed and laminated for future use. This book would be suitable for a whole class read-aloud, or as a reading group text for Stages Two or Three. These are often linked to the Creative and Practical Arts. A comprehensive answer guide is also provided.Įach section also has a creative response, designed to be high-interest, independent and engaging.
The questions cover a range of comprehension skills, from literal to inferential, plus author purpose, comparing and contrasting, summarising, predicting and much more. This resource consists of a chapter-based comprehension guide (divided into "chunks" of approximately 15 pages at a time). The Way of Dog is written by a true dog-lover – we can hear just how much Zana Fraillon loves and admires her own dogs, and all dogs, for their empathy and ability to know what their humans need. He also experiences cruelty, hunger and neglect as well. Scruffity is a clever, loyal, loving dog who meets four very special, very different people in his life who love him and can see how special he truly is. Rather than taking on the structure of a classic narrative, it almost like a series of poems, told from the dog’s (Scruffity) perspective. The Way of Dog is told in an unusual, but engaging way, through the use of verse. This book is featured on the CBCA shortlist for Younger Readers in 2023. When the case crumbles, leaving nothing but a small seed, the child decides to find a place to bring the gargoyle, and the soul of the city, back.Ī unforgettable story about conservation, ageing and legacies which will leave a forever imprint on your heart.This is a 78-page novel study on the beautiful book "The Way of Dog" by Zana Fraillon. The child opens the case and unleashes the gargoyle's many memories of the city and its inhabitants. When the gargoyle is ordered off the train, he leaves his suitcase behind.
This is the moving story of an old gargoyle, forced off his rooftop to make way for a new development in a barren cityscape, and the child who encounters him on an overcrowded train.
An echoey, achy, hollow sort of sigh, like the wind when it gusts down lanes and through tunnels and in and out of the big drains that stretch under the city. He shuffles past me and stands near the door and watches the city smushing past. The poignant story of an old gargoyle, forced off his rooftop to make way for a new urban development in a barren cityscape, and the child who encounters him on an overcrowded train, from one of Australia's most critically acclaimed writers for children.
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