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Teachers' Resources: Jessica Joan
Wendy suggests:
If reading this story aloud to a class, at the point: "But I've got something else..." I like to cover the illustrator's hint of what the animal will be and ask the children to guess.
These guesses can also lead into a discussion on creativity - I often tell children that their answers could be the right ones if they were writing the story; although I chose a puppy for something soft and white, it could have been a rabbit, etc.
And from Tadpoles Teacher's Notes by Denise Gourlay. (For the complete set please contact Koala Books.)
1. Within Australia, children may have seen the story acted out on the ABC program Playschool. They might like to act it out themselves, and to discuss the difference of reading it in class or watching it on TV.
2. Look closely at each illustration of Jessica Joan. How does she change as the story progresses? Compare the first and last illustrations of her house.
3. Concentrate on the adjectives, for example "soft and white", and have the children use tactile materials for collage illustrations. For instance, a soft and white collage could be a cloud or a loaf of bread.
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