1 Drake the
Dragonboy
Teaching resources
Book review...........................................................................................................................................2 Drake the Dragonboy crossword .................................................................................................3 Dragonboy word search...................................................................................................................4 Writing a narrative.............................................................................................................................5 Focus on reading .................................................................................................................................8 What do you think? ......................................................................................................................... 10 If you have feedback or would like other material prepared, please go to www.drakethedragonboy.com and fill out the Contact us sheet. Book re vie w
What I liked about the book: What I didn’t like: Favourite character: What was the book about? I would/ wouldn’t recommend this book because: Draw a picture from the book: 2 Drake the Dragonboy crossword
Across 3. The name of the company for which Drake's father works. 6. The name of Drake's least favourite teacher. 7. The name of the subject in which the trio made their capes. 8. The name of Drake's father. 9. The name of the Juniper's fire-­‐breathing disorder. 10.The type of story Drake didn't read as a child. Down 1. The name of the giant flying creatures that guard Dragonland. 2. The name of the girl Drake meets in the city. 4. Drake's favourite cake is covered with chillies and ________________. 5. The name of the race of dragon people. 3 4 Dragonboy word se arch
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5 W riting a narrative
You are going to write your own fantasy story. To begin with, choose an audience for your story. Are you going to write for children your own age? Or maybe you would like to write a story for younger or older people or people with a particular area of interest, such as sports. The audience for my story: Next, think about your main character. How old are they? What do they look like? What are their interests? My main character: Other characters: Drake the Dragonboy is set in the fantasy world of Dragonland. Where will you set your story? Is it in a real place or somewhere you have made up? What is it like in this place? When is the story set? Now or in the future or past? The place my story is set: The time in which my story is set: 6 Stories have a complication that needs to be resolved. In Drake the Dragonboy, Drake’s father gets kidnapped. What will the complication be in your story? The complication in my story is: The complication in a story is resolved towards the end. How will your complication be resolved? The resolution in my story is: List the events that may occur in the lead up to the resolution. This is what will happen in your story. The events in my story are:
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1. Write the numbers 1 to 5 in boxes to show the order of events in the book.      Drake’s father is kidnapped. Drake stands up in front of the class with a hole in his trousers. The trio fly out of Dragonland. Ronan gets separated from Drake and Juniper. Juniper, Drake and Ronan grow their wings long. 2. Re-­‐read this section of the text: The final picture showed dragonfolk as they were today — little pink bodies, heads with fluffy hair, skinny backs with small wings that were cut short and folded neatly, and long pink legs with small feet. They stood on these feet and used their arms and hands to manipulate, leaving behind the four-­‐
legged dragons of the past. The only other signs of dragon were the scales left on their backs where their wings joined and their claw-­‐like nails on the end of their fingers, so strong and sharp that it took a lot of trouble to keep them trimmed. Find three adjectives (describing words) in the text: ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ 9 Combine humans with another animal and describe your half animal/ half person. Use lots of adjectives. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Now that the ape-­‐people and dragonfolk know about each other again how do you think life will changed in Dragonland? What positive changes will there be? What negative changes do you think will happen? _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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