Big Brother, Little Sister -enhanced text for Yr10

Pre-reading exercises. Big Brother, Little Sister

This week was dominated by the letter C. As in, C is for Covid. I still managed to create a pre-reading resource. It is designed to lead into the reading of Witi Ihimaera's 'Big Brother, Little Sister.' Just today, a student walked in late to class, sat down, looked at the sheet and exclaimed, "I can't do this. I've never been to Wellington." I quietly explain we are helping students with the skill of visualisation. For many students, this skill is not automatic. Students have this skill but often this skill is weak. Students need encouragement to work on this skill. Some students will say that this is what they do. They then explain that when they create pictures in their head, they thought, they are doing this only because they are dumb. I show the students that as I read this text, I create a picture in my mind of two young children walking through the back streets of Newtown. I visualise what it is like. It is late, the children are alone, cars rush passed. No one notices them.

Reading Observation Information Sheet

Monday Morning PD