Fiction
The Surprise Gift 6-pack (Level 11) 20% Discount
Synopsis: What is Nonna’s surprise gift? Two sisters are very excited because their Nonna doesn't guess what gift they got for her birthday!
The Surprise Gift Teacher Edition (Only $7.00)
1. Same size as the student book – reproduces each student book double-page-spread
2. Page-by-page teacher support – around perimeter of each student book double-page-spread
3. Highlights the wealth of teaching opportunities contained double-page-spread – aligned to the Australian and state curriculums
4. Ideal checklist of skills and teaching essentials – English language/literacy, related curriculum content areas and more.
Teacher Edition features:
• Pre-reading questions – e.g. glossary-in-context and inquiry
• Teacher preparation – e.g. synopsis, comprehension strategies
• Visual literacy questions – e.g. images, diagrams
• Fiction literacy questions – e.g. precis, character and word study
• Page-by-page lessons – e.g. aligned to content sequence
• Language features list – e.g. grammar and spelling
• Comprehension – nine strategies e.g. literal, visual, connection, synthesis and more
• Writing models – e.g. excerpt from double-page-spread for explicit instruction
• Curriculum activities – e.g. written to enable student independence.
More titles about gifts:
Something in the Car (Level 7) narrative about a boy's birthday gift, a puppy
Blackspit the Buccaneer (Level 24) Paired fiction about Blackspit's birthday present – this book is paired with the Preposterous Problem Parrot (Level 23)
Preposterous Problem Parrot (Level 23) The parrot is Blackspit's present!