"Flood" & "Fire" By Jackie French ~ HIGHER ORDER THINKING Picture Book Study

34 questions (most are also multi-part) based on these award-winning gorgeous Australian picture books. All questions are HIGHER ORDER questions that will elicit deep thinking about the texts.

These picture book studies were developed by me for use with high ability Grade 3 students but would also be useful for both mainstream and gifted/talented classes from Grades 3-8. It fits especially beautifully with Australian Year 5 curriculum content on bushfires and floods.

The studies could be used for a whole class, small group or individual students. Youtube has many videos with reading of the book, if access to hard copies is too difficult to arrange.

The questions are informally based on Bloom's Taxonomy and The Williams Model. They also meld nicely with many strategies from C.A.R.S, First Steps and The Maker Model.

There is a strong focus on building vocabulary, understanding narrative writing techniques and structures, figurative language (alliteration, similes, metaphors and personification), analysing, evaluating, synthesising, creating, understanding inferential information, identifying and reflecting on grammatical features (verbs, nouns, adjectives), and understanding author's purpose (word choice and author techniques such as figurative language and use of rhyme).

I do not include spaces for answers, as this allows you to differentiate... you might expect a 1 sentence answer from your lowest group of students, and a whole essay on the same question from your top group of students, including evidence/quotes from the text. It gives you the flexibility to use the questions how you choose. In fact, it also allows you to designate (or let the students choose) which questions are answered by which students.

NOTE: I have a wide range of HIGHER ORDER THINKING novel studies for sale- check out all my titles at my store! They are my best-sellers, as I believe they genuinely fill a need in the market- I actually began making them because I couldn't find anything like them already on the market. I got sick of having to use literature studies that involved really basic types of questioning, and just didn't challenge or extend students' thinking and understanding at all. These novel studies take me a lot of time and careful thought to create- you are truly getting a lot of value for money! I hope you find them as helpful and enjoyable to use as my previous customers have!