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After
reading the story:
Caitie and the Kookabuggars
and thinking about which ending would be one that is most likely to happen in
today’s world, choose one or more of the following activities.
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Before
you read any further find out about the meaning of
peace-building endings. Discuss within your group some possible
different peace-building
endings you think are possible for this story. Which ending
to the story do you think is the most peace-building?
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1. Why
was Caitie scared of going into the river?
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Why did her Poppa tell her the story about the bunyips?
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When Caitie woke up which ending do you think really happened?
4.
Are bunyips real creatures who eat naughty children?
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Choose one or more of the following activities to do
individually
or
with a partner or in a small group.
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Research information about the Murray River.
Choose a few guiding questions to help focus your research. Why
should we be caring for the River Murray? What should we be doing? Find ways to publish
and share your work with others but first you might want to identify
your audience.
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Research and read Aboriginal dreaming stories
about the
Murray River. The stories could be about the animals that live
along it or they can be stories like dreaming stories that tell
how the river was created. Share these stories with others. Find ways to publish and share the information but first
you might want to identify your audience.
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Write a
story ending for
Caitie and the Kookabuggars
that is a realistic peace-building ending. You can choose to write
many different endings as has been done in the story example or
write one realistic ending that is peace-building. Find ways to
publish and share your story ending and the story with others but
first you might want to identify your audience.
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Write a story similar to
Caitie and the Kookabuggars
that is realistic and is set on the Murray River. Make it have a
peace-building ending. You can choose to write many different
endings as has been done in the story examples or write one
realistic ending that is peace-building. Find ways to publish and
share this story with others but first you might want to identify
your audience.
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Research information about bunyips.
Choose a few guiding questions to help focus your research. Are
Bunyips real creatures? What do they look like? Prepare pictures
of them to show others. Find ways to publish
and share your work with others but first you might want to identify
your audience.
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Research information about kookaburras.
Choose a few guiding questions to help focus your research. Are
they endangered birds? Where do they live in Australia? Prepare a
map to show where they are found. Find ways to publish
and share your work with others but first you might want to identify
your audience.
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Steps you might choose to follow.
Step 1: Read the
information about each website and
decide which ones you might go to and gather the information for your
activity. You could also use the words in blue as
key words for further research.
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Step 2:
Key word and note important information from the websites about your
topic. Organise your information. Your teacher may be a
worthwhile resource person as well so share your findings with them.
Step 3:
Determine how you will publish your research or publish or present
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Suggestions:
-display posters with typed and mounted information presented on card
with a map and pictures
-webpage that can be uploaded at your school website
-video report that can be shared with other students and parents
-Powerpoint presentation that
can be shared with other students and parents
-brochure
that can be printed off and distributed to others
-board game
about the important issues of the Murray River
-electronic story using the basic story of
Caitie
and the Kookabuggars but
with the ending you write
-story produced on
Powerpoint
that could be placed upon a school intranet
-perform a play for children using the basic story of
Caitie
and the Kookabuggars
but with the ending you write
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Step 4:
Complete the activity you have chosen and once it has been evaluated
then find ways you can share it with others.
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Stories to
Read:
The Bunyip and
Berkeley Creek
by Jenny Wagner and Ron Brooks (Puffin
Books Camberwell Victoria 1990)
Bunyips
Don't
by
Sally Odgers (Scholastic Press Australia 2004)
Watch Out
for Bunyips
by Helen Evans
(Loranda Publishing Australia 2004)
The
Monster Who Ate Canberra
by Michael Salmon (Peter Antill-Rose & Associates Australia
1990)
or Alexander Bunyip
by Michael Salmon
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