Monday - Period 5

Today's activities:

• Short story - 'Dreams' by Gina Dillon.  Listening Task.
• In anticipation of our novel unit in Term 2, we will also visit the library today to borrow our text, 'Red Dog' by Louise de Bernieres. 

You need to begin your reading of this text now and complete it BY WEEK 1 OF TERM 2.  Start this as regular reading homework or for 'DEAR' in Homeroom.

A few points of interest:

• This book is based on a real dog whose adventures have been chronicled by Louis de Bernieres after many interviews with Western Australians who knew Red Dog.
• It is an episodic novel, which means that each chapter is an episode in the larger story of Red Dog's life.
• You will note a small drawing on the corner of each page.  This is a flick book animation - flick through it and watch Red Dog move.
• This novel can be counted as one of your 'Personal Choice' books for the Premier's Reading Challenge.