HUGE Resource Bundle - The One and Only Ivan - Workbook-Teacher Guide Stages 2-3

This is a 110+ page resource bundle based on the classic book The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

The One and Only Ivan tells the heartfelt story of Ivan, a gentle silverback gorilla who has spent years in captivity at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. Ivan is content with his life, spending his days watching TV, painting, and interacting with his friends—Stella, an older elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But when a young elephant named Ruby arrives and dreams of a life outside the mall, Ivan’s perspective begins to change. With a renewed sense of purpose, Ivan finds the courage to protect Ruby and starts to question his own future and freedom. Based on a true story, this moving tale explores friendship, resilience, and the transformative power of art and compassion.

This book was selected to be a mentor text to teach the Stage Three NESA Unit (8): Theme. The resources are designed both to provoke deep thinking about the text, but also to be completely independent. The only prep you need to do is printing or uploading to google classroom or a similar platform.

This bundle of resources consists of:

• a 63 page comprehension guide. The guide is organised into ‘chunks’ with three full pages for every section. This guide focuses on a range of skills, such as literal and inferential understanding, text-to-self connections, author purpose, cause and effect and much much more.

• a 45-page comprehensive answer guide for the student workbook. This is perfect for assessment and feedback.

• a set of ten full-colour literacy centre task cards based on the text. These include a range of Creative and Practical Arts integrated tasks, as well as informative, imaginative and persuasive writing prompts. Task cards are given both in PDF and PowerPoint formats.

• all associated printables linked to the task cards, which can be used for a range of literature. These are a set of high-interest, high-choice worksheets.

• a HUGE bonus printable integrated assessment task, whereby students are required to research, design and write about optimal zoo enclosures. This task is presented as a printable booklet, which can be used for assessment, classroom displays or student feedback.

This resource provides weeks of learning, covering reading, writing and speaking and listening.

This book would be suitable for a whole class read-aloud, or as a reading group text for Stage Two or Stage Three students.

I have many other literature-based resources in my store (most of them Australian) so feel free to check them out.

Happy reading!