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Comprehension:Pictures from the text – what happened before this and what happened after?5W summaryPerspective – wear glasses, how does it feel to be Flat Stanley

Reading:What would you have in your envelop if you were flat?

Talking and listening:Discuss destinations that Flat Stanley visits during his adventures.

Writing:Put Flat Stanley in different situations/destinations and write about it.Write a new rap.Write an alternative ending.

Flat StanleyJeff Brown

iPad apps:Master piece me – take photo in an art piece and frame.

Making:Make Flat Stanley with play-doh or paper – Where can you go and can’t you go.Converting dimensions and making Flat Stanley

Other:Stanley’s viewArt museumsTake a photo of being flat and then frame.Pathway around Australia – 3 places to visit and find facts.flatstanley.comDesign the stamp to go on the envelope.

Vocabulary:Flat as a pancakeFlat as a tackMetaphors and similesUsing the beginning letter of surname to change their name to a food.Put up an illustration on the IWB to write down as many adjectives.Focus words – spool, snickery

Andrea Hillbrick 2013