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Claremont College - Year - Name NOVEL STUDY CONTRACT TERM Misery Guts ~ Morris Gleitzman Get your facts right What does it mean? Use it or loose it Breakdown Creating new things You must at least one of these You must at least one of these You must at least one of these You must at least one of these You must at least one of these activities ❑ activities ❑ activities ❑ activities ❑ activities ❑ ✎Ad Campaign Make up an advertising campaign to promote Vin’s Fish and Chip Shop You must include pictures, words and lots of colour Complete this in your English book - page Story Map Complete a story map for Misery Guts You must show 10 main events from the story using words and pictures World Travel Using an atlas find the route taken by Keith and his family Plot the places on a world map and join them together Write the names of each place they went to Interview In a group of 4, conduct a parent teacher interview to present to the class The participants need to represent Keith, his Mum and Dad and his teacher Use the sheet provided to assist with your planning Make a Model Make a model or diorama of Vin’s Fish and Chips Shop Be creative and add a new idea to it which will attract more customers Plan your work first by drawing the design in your English book You will need to supply your own materials Cloze Passage Read through the information in the cloze passage Use the words at the bottom to fill in the spaces Re-read the information to make sure that it makes sense Fishy Find-a-Word Find the names of the tropical fish in the find-a-word Colour them in neatly when you have found them ✎Write a letter Pretend you are Keith after reading chapter 9; write a letter to a friend back in England talking about the move to Australia, mention in detail at least things you have done Complete this in your draft book - pages Crossword Cloze Read the clues to work out the missing word in the sentence Fill in the missing words on the crossword grid and on the line in the sentence ✎Author Study Who is the author of Misery Guts? What can you find out about him? Present your information as an author study Include a drawing of him Complete this in your English book - page Mapping - Blue Fin Fish Markets Using the map of Blue Fin Fish Markets, answer the questions about where different places are Word Search Create a word search with words from the novel List the words you are going to include (you must use at least 15-20 words; use a dictionary to help you with the spelling) Get them checked by a teacher and then, one by one fit them into the grid When all the words are in the grid, fill in the missing spaces with other letters ✎Travel Brochure After reading chapter 5, design Keith’s perfect travel brochure Be sure to use persuasive language, illustrate and design creatively Plan your work first by drawing the design in your English book Read the information about what to include and look through some real travel brochures for ideas You must complete this activity on the worksheet provided ✎You must complete this activity in your English or your draft book Hands on activity WHEN YOU FINISH AN ACTIVITY; Self-edit your work, check that it is completed and presented neatly Tick off the box at the top of the column to mark it off as finished Hand your work in to be checked by the teacher When this has been marked you will be able to place a star on the Class Contract Chart Begin a new activity