Flood, Fire, Cyclone, Drought, Pandemic, Earthquake | Jackie French Book Studies

Take an in-depth look at Jackie French's natural disasters series with these six book studies covering Flood, Fire, Cyclone, Drought, Pandemic and Earthquake. Students examine these books looking at comprehension and reader response, engage with the technical aspects of these books and take a closer look at the themes of the books, the impacts of different natural disasters and the messages in Bruce Whatley's illustrations.

These resources are written to suit Australian students and classrooms. Elements will work for other parts of the world, but check the preview to see if it will work for you

To use this resource you will need:

☛ At least one copy of Flood by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley (first published 2011)

☛ At least one copy of Fire by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley (first published 2014)

☛ At least one copy of Cyclone by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley (first published 2016)

☛ At least one copy of Drought by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley (first published 2018)

☛ At least one copy of Pandemic by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley (first published 2020)

☛ At least one copy of Earthquake by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley (first published 2022)

This Bundle Includes:

Flood Book Study

This resource includes:

✫ Teaching Notes

✫ Cover Page

✫ Comprehension and Reader Response Worksheets, Interactive Notebook Activity and Task Cards

✫ Interactive Book Response Activity

✫ Review Activity Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Vocabulary List and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Story Retell Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Personification Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Language, Illustrations and Flood Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Characters in Flood Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ The Tugboat Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Heroes Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Descriptive Words Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Messages from Flood Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Research the 2011 Floods Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ A Dog’s View Task Sheet, Writing Sheet and Task Cards

✫ What Do The Pictures Say Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Art Challenge Task Sheets, Choice Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Sample Student Responses in the additional file

Fire Book Study

This resource includes:

✫ Teaching Notes

✫ Comprehension and Reader Response Worksheets and Task Cards

✫ Interactive Book Response Activity

✫ Review Activity (with Task Cards)

✫ Vocabulary List and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Story Retell Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Combining Verbs Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Sentence Structure in Poetry Worksheet and Task Card

✫ Animals and Plants in Fire Worksheet and Interactive Notebook Resource

✫ Helpers Worksheet and Task Card

✫ Messages from Fire Interactive Notebook Activity, Worksheet and Task Card

✫ Research Bushfire in Australia Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Discussing Videos about Bushfires - Links, Discussion Cards and Writing Paper

✫ What Do the Pictures Say? Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Art Response - Triptych: Task Sheet, Planning Sheet, Presentation Templates and Task Card

✫ Art Response - Collage: Task Sheet, Elements Task Cards, Task Card

Cyclone Book Study

This resource includes:

✫ Teaching Notes

✫ Cover Page

✫ Comprehension and Reader Response Worksheets, Interactive Notebook Activity and Task Cards

✫ Interactive Book Response Activity

✫ Review Activity Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Vocabulary List and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Story Retell Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Strong Verbs Worksheet, Task Card and Shape Poetry Activity

✫ Metaphors Worksheet, Interactive Notebook Resource and Display Cards

✫ Impacts of the Cyclone Worksheet, Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Helpers Worksheet and Task Card

✫ What We Learn Interactive Notebook Activity, Worksheet and Task Card

✫ Research Cyclones in Australia Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Discussing Videos about Cyclones - Links, Link Cards, Discussion Cards and Writing Paper

✫ What Do the Pictures Say? Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Art Response - Collage: Task Sheet, Elements Task Cards, Task Card

✫ Art Response - Pencil Sketch: Task Card, Planning Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Sample Responses in the additional file

Drought Book Study

This resource includes:

✫ Teaching Notes

✫ Cover Page

✫ Comprehension and Reader Response Worksheets, Interactive Notebook Activity and Task Cards

✫ Interactive Book Response Activity

✫ Review Activity Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Vocabulary List and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Story Retell Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Repeating Words Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Showing Passage of Time Worksheet and Task Cards

✫ Impacts of Drought Worksheet, Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Helpers Worksheet and Task Card

✫ Messages from Drought Interactive Notebook Activity, Worksheet and Task Card

✫ Research Drought in Australia Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Discussing Videos about Droughts - Links, Link Cards, Discussion Cards and Writing Paper

✫ What Do the Pictures Say? Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Art Response - Collage: Task Sheet, Elements Task Cards, Task Card

✫ Art Response - 3D Representation: Task Card, Planning Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Sample Responses in the additional file

Pandemic Book Study

This resource includes:

✫ Teaching Notes

✫ Cover Page

✫ Comprehension and Reader Response Worksheets, Interactive Notebook Activity and Task Cards

✫ Interactive Book Response Activity

✫ Review Activity Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Vocabulary List and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Story Retell Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Limited Dialogue - Worksheet, Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Tricolons - Worksheet, Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Impacts of the Pandemic Worksheet, Display Cards and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Helpers Worksheet and Task Card

✫ Community Focus - Worksheet, Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Messages in Pandemic Interactive Notebook Activity, Worksheet and Task Card

✫ Research Pandemics or Epidemics Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ What Do the Pictures Say? Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Art Response - Ballpoint Pen: Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Art Response - Limited Colour: Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Sample Responses in the additional file

Earthquake Book Study

This resource includes:

✫ Teaching Notes

✫ Cover Page

✫ Comprehension and Reader Response Worksheets, Interactive Notebook Activity and Task Cards

✫ Interactive Book Response Activity

✫ Review Activity Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Vocabulary List and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Story Retell Worksheet, Task Card and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Facts in Stories - Worksheet, Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Similes - Worksheet, Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ What is an Earthquake? - Worksheet, Information Sheet, Task Cards, Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Story in a Story - Worksheet, Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Messages in Earthquake Interactive Notebook Activity, Worksheet and Task Card

✫ Research the Newcastle Earthquake Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Engineering for Earthquakes Research and Stem Task - Task Sheets and Task Cards

✫ What Do the Pictures Say? Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Art Response - Digital Art: Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Art Response - Different Surfaces: Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Sample Responses in the additional file

This resource contains Australian spelling in A4 format. They are PDF files, 424 pages long.

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