If you found a pelican what would you do with it? What would you name your pelican? What sorts of things would you talk to your pelican about?.Have students share their most interesting question with the class. Students will write these questions on PAGE 4 OF BOOKLET.Students to think of interesting questions where the answer must always be Storm Boy.What are some other questions we can ask where the answer is StormBoy?.What is the answer to this question: Who is the main character? – StormBoy.On the pelican template ( PAGE 3 OF BOOKLETT) students will dot point the things they know about pelicans and what they know about Mr Percival.Display the YouTube videos of pelicans.Who is your favourite character and why?.They will illustrate what they think each character looks like. Students will describe what they like about Strom Boy, Fingerbone Bill and Hideaway Tom.Imitate how storm boy walks, moves etc… How do you feel as storm boy? As storm boy what things do you know?.Take a huge jump and step into the characters shoes. Have students discuss the characters in the story.What colours were seen? Are the colours dull and grey or bright and happy? They will focus on drawing only the things that they have seen and have researched. After this step is complete, students will illustrate the setting.They will write a detailed description about the Coorong and will research interesting facts.
The activities have been explicitly designed for the Year 4 Australian Curriculum outcomes, but can be easily adapted to suit other year levels. Multiple activities have been provided to engage learners of mixed learning abilities and learning styles. Activities have been designed around the themes covered from reading the required pages in each lesson.
This unit of nine lesson plans is focused around the book Storm Boy by Colin Thiele.