Zadie's Big Day (1st Part)

Book Report

ZADIE'S BIG DAY

by Martyn Hoobbs

“Hi, I'm Zadie. This is my story. I love sports"”

- Zadie

Review

Characters

Themes

Analysis andComprehension

Review

Pages 17 - 19

Pages 20 - 23

Pages 24 - 27

Pages 28 - 31

Themes

Roles & Equity

Dreams

Competitions

Empathy

Characters

Zadie's Portrait

Zadie vs Simon

Summary 1st part

Analysis and Comprehension

Reading Comprehension

Jamboard Game!

Who said What

ROLES AND EQUITY 1 What are the roles in Zadie's family?And in your family? 2 Are those roles distributed equitably? 3 Do you think age, genre, affect the distribution of roles? 4 What is fair/unfair?

DREAMS 1 What are Zadie’s dreams? 2 Do you have dreams? 3 Are dreams important? 4 Why does Zadie say that “Life is so unfair”?

COMPETITIONS 1 Are all competitions healthy? 2 How can we use competition as a tool for personal growth? 3 Is it the same to compete alone or in a team? 4 What makes a good team player?

"EMPATHY" 1- How can we integrate a new classmate to our group? 2- Is it good to make new friends? Why? 3- Do you know the meaning of the word “empathy”? 4- How would you feel if you enter in a new group?

Reading ComprehensionSay if the sentences are True or False. Justify your answers

1. Eric always takes scamp for a walk2. to take scamp for a walk is a problem for zadie 3. her dad does the washing up. 4. zadie loves winter. 5. she dreams of going on a dangerous expedition to up the nyle. 6. she doesn't dream of skydiving from a plane 7. her parents want her to think about school. 8. they want her to forget her wild ideas. 9. zadie meets a boy at the skate park, his name is george. 10. zadie is impressed by the tricks of this boy.