Christmas story book pack -Refuge by Ann Booth and Sam Usher

A pack to support the use of this picture book with primary age children – the main pack is aimed at students in Year 2/3 but it includes 4 additional activities to use with older students in Key Stage 2.

Please note this pack does not contain a copy of the text but has a link to buy it from the publisher or Amazon. It is a beautifully illustrated book that warrants sharing with students.

Includes comprehension, vocabulary, and retelling activities as well as craft tasks.
Contents:
• Cover study activity.
• Recall and retrieval comprehension – in two versions for sentence answers or with multiple choice options.
• Inference and prediction questions.
• Vocabulary activities – at two levels for the same words from the text, one including visuals to support students.
• Retelling as a story board activity – at two levels, one including sentences to scaffold.
• Christmas activities – design a stained-glass window and make a Christmas star .
• PSHE and design activity to think about the difference between needs and wants, noting the key things that the family in the story might need.
• For older students, you will find an activity relating to the work of War Child (the charity that is supported by sales of the book), an activity relating to right respecting PSHE knowledge, a retelling in a journalistic style activity and a detailed vocabulary study based on the title of the book.