These are fun and engaging activity sheets for the story ‘The Giant of Lake Wakatipu’. Plenty of activities to pick-and-choose from. Simply print and you’re ready to go! A great addition to a unit study on Māori Myths and Legends. Most of the activity sheets can be used with any retelling of this story. There are a few activities that were made using the story written by Peter Gossage. These activities are marked with an asterisk (*). Activities: ♦ Cloze – fill in the missing words * ♦ Word search * ♦ Order events in the story * ♦ Drama – Freeze frame cards * ♦ Music – Sound effect cards * ♦ Creative drawing – 2 headed dog * ♦ Storyboard – with words * ♦ Storyboard – without words ♦ Write a poem (noun, verbs, adjectives, synonym) ♦ Acrostic poem ♦ 5 senses – what a character may see, hear, smell, etc ♦ Thought bubbles - what a character may be thinking ♦ Story outline – problem, response, action, outcome ♦ Trifold – beginning, middle, end (paper foldable) ♦ Newspaper article – write and draw ♦ Graph – tally chart and block graph ♦ Bookmark ♦ Creative thinking – giant killing plan and equipment needed ♦ Character traits ♦ Wall ball – write and draw ♦ Diorama – write and draw (paper foldable) ♦ Art – decorate the footprint in the same style as the illustrator ♦ Pattern art ♦ Book cover – design a new one ♦ Book dust jacket ♦ Story review ♦ Flap booklet - write and/or draw. With and without headings. ♦ Holiday suitcases – needs and wants ♦ Postage stamp design ♦ Award design ♦ T-shirt design ♦ Flip-flap booklet – 4 flaps (paper foldable) ♦ Postcard ♦ Comic strip ♦ Reporter questions ♦ Email writing ♦ Letter writing ♦ Selfie photo drawing ♦ Text writing ♦ Gift giving – think and write ♦ Missing poster ♦ Is / Can / Has - brainstorm ♦ 30 second talks – oral language activity ♦ Binoculars – draw and write ♦ I-pad – draw picture ♦ Party plan ♦ Bedroom plan ♦ Bingo board templates ♦ Water safety – write some rules ♦ Water safety – design a poster ♦ Reading challenge Answer sheets are provided for the word search, cloze, and ordering events activities. Designed on A4 size paper. The word search is also included in my Maori Myths and Legends Word Search resource. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Junior Journals - 'Journal Hunts' for numbers 40-49. New Zealand classroom resource. Worksheets: 10 Journal Hunts (+ answer sheets) These 'Journal Hunts' are similar to a 'scavenger hunt'. In each journal, students are asked 32 questions and the answers are found in either the text or the pictures. There is one question per page. This is a great activity to reinforce the skill of skimming and scanning. Answer sheets are provided - very easy to mark! A reference sheet is provided. This outlines the meaning and gives examples for words such as synonyms, syllables, adjectives, etc. Two certificate templates are provided to celebrate success and participation in this activity. There is room for students to write their answers on the worksheet (some of the longer answers may need to be written on the back of the sheet). Alternatively, children can write their answers in their exercise book and the question sheets can then be reused with another group. Printing and/or photocopying permission is granted to the purchaser only. Made by a teacher, for teachers. A great resource for your reading programme. It will save you hours of time! Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Worksheets for Junior Journals 40-44. (New Zealand) A worksheet for every story, article, poem and play in the Junior Journals 40-44. 28 quality worksheets in total. Excellent for classroom use. Made by a teacher, for teachers. Great for photocopying. Most of the worksheets can be reduced from A4 to A5 if necessary. Worksheet activities include: * cloze * ordering events * designing a label * sorting * spelling rule - singular to plural * fact or opinion * true or false * poster * contractions * word endings (s, ed, ing) * labelling * compound words * general comprehension * rhyming words * life cycle * word frames * article hunt * 'what' questions * synonyms * wordfind * sp and st words * personification All worksheets have a space for students to write their name. Early finishers can colour the blackline images and decorate the border. Printing and/or photocopying permission is granted to the purchaser only. This is an excellent classroom resource to use in your reading programme. It will save you hours of work! Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Worksheets for Junior Journals 45-49. (New Zealand) A worksheet for every story, article, poem and play in the Junior Journals 45-49. 30 quality worksheets in total. Excellent for classroom use. Made by a teacher, for teachers. Great for photocopying. Most of the worksheets can be reduced from A4 to A5 if necessary. Worksheet activities include: * cloze * ordering events * labelling * collective nouns * general comprehension questions * symbols * matching 2 parts of a sentence * prediction, message, etc * code breaking * drawing * adjectives, nouns, verbs * story hunt * Te Reo. * wordfind * antonyms * alphabetical order * word frames * matching * compound words * craft * rhyming * 'who' questions * multi-choice quiz * question marks * onomatopoeia All worksheets have a space for students to write their name. Early finishers can colour the blackline images and decorate the border. Printing and/or photocopying permission is granted to the purchaser only. This is an excellent classroom resource to use in your reading programme. It will save you hours of work! Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources