Jungle Law
Literacy Centre Task Card
Step One:
In your group, flick through the book titled Jungle Law. Discuss what you think the text is about and browse some of the pictures. This should take about 5-10 minutes.
Step Two:
Individually, read from pages 2-27. Discuss with your group anything you may be unsure of. Do this without interrupting others’ learning.
Step Three:
Copy and paste this text into a pages document of your own. Title it ‘Jungle Law Literacy Centre’ and save it under English.
Then re-read each page noted and answer the questions relating to that page. The questions are designed for you to read through the text and think about the answers. Answer the questions below:
Page 2-3:
What genre text is this? What makes you think this?
Page 4-5:
List some words you would use to describe the setting:
Page 6-7:
What inference can you make from the statement, ‘Dr Ronco studied the jaguar from a distance...’?
Is the following statement a fact or opinion: ‘This beautiful, sleek creature was a clever and cunning hunter’? Why?
Page 8-9:
Can you find an example of alliteration in the text? (Where the first letters of a word are repeated for effect).
Page 10-11:
How has imagery been used to create a picture in the reader’s mind?
Page 12-13:
What predictions can you make about Dr Ronco now that the ants are on the move?
Which of these is a metaphor? How do you know?
Vines like octopus tentacles
A cloud of terrified insects
Page 14-15:
What does the word ‘gully’ mean?
What can you infer about the character of Dr Ronco? What do you think he is like as a person?
Page 16-17:
List some words that could describe Dr Ronco’s feelings:
Is this a metaphor or simile? ‘Roaring like chainsaws’
Page 18-19:
What does the word ‘dappled’ mean?
How could the story change now?
Page 20-21:
How did Dr Ronco make the inference that twenty million ants could easily devour the jaguar?
Page 22-23:
List a synonym for the word ‘menacing’:
Page 24-25:
What does the word ‘propelled’ mean?
Your task is to create a factual recount from a recent event that has happened in your life. You must use the things you have learned from this text to help you. Use the information and guidelines on page 30-32 to help you. You must write at least three quarters of a typed page.
Literacy Centre Task Card
Step One:
In your group, flick through the book titled Jungle Law. Discuss what you think the text is about and browse some of the pictures. This should take about 5-10 minutes.
Step Two:
Individually, read from pages 2-27. Discuss with your group anything you may be unsure of. Do this without interrupting others’ learning.
Step Three:
Copy and paste this text into a pages document of your own. Title it ‘Jungle Law Literacy Centre’ and save it under English.
Then re-read each page noted and answer the questions relating to that page. The questions are designed for you to read through the text and think about the answers. Answer the questions below:
Page 2-3:
What genre text is this? What makes you think this?
Page 4-5:
List some words you would use to describe the setting:
Page 6-7:
What inference can you make from the statement, ‘Dr Ronco studied the jaguar from a distance...’?
Is the following statement a fact or opinion: ‘This beautiful, sleek creature was a clever and cunning hunter’? Why?
Page 8-9:
Can you find an example of alliteration in the text? (Where the first letters of a word are repeated for effect).
Page 10-11:
How has imagery been used to create a picture in the reader’s mind?
Page 12-13:
What predictions can you make about Dr Ronco now that the ants are on the move?
Which of these is a metaphor? How do you know?
Vines like octopus tentacles
A cloud of terrified insects
Page 14-15:
What does the word ‘gully’ mean?
What can you infer about the character of Dr Ronco? What do you think he is like as a person?
Page 16-17:
List some words that could describe Dr Ronco’s feelings:
Is this a metaphor or simile? ‘Roaring like chainsaws’
Page 18-19:
What does the word ‘dappled’ mean?
How could the story change now?
Page 20-21:
How did Dr Ronco make the inference that twenty million ants could easily devour the jaguar?
Page 22-23:
List a synonym for the word ‘menacing’:
Page 24-25:
What does the word ‘propelled’ mean?
Your task is to create a factual recount from a recent event that has happened in your life. You must use the things you have learned from this text to help you. Use the information and guidelines on page 30-32 to help you. You must write at least three quarters of a typed page.