Boy Overboard Novel Study Bundle

This extensive, engaging novel study is designed to bring Morris Gleitzman's Boy Overboard to life. This bundle brings together comprehension and vocabulary, character activities, research tasks and whole novel activities, bringing in-depth activities into your classroom and allowing for a flexible approach for your classroom.

To use this resource you will need:

At least one copy of Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman (first published 2002)

This bundle contains:

Boy Overboard Comprehension and Vocabulary

This resource includes:
✫ A Cover Page

✫ A Retelling and Evaluating Organiser and Task Card (suitable for any chapter)

✫ 11 Complete Comprehension, Vocabulary and Activities Sheets each covering several chapters (perfect for homework or activity booklets)

✫ 11 Comprehension Question Worksheets and Task Cards in Black and White and Colour

✫ 11 Foldable Comprehension Question ‘Bookmarks’ in Colour

✫ Complete Comprehension Questions List

✫ Going Deeper Worksheets with Additional Activities

✫ Complete Vocabulary List

✫ Vocabulary Word Sheets

✫ 4 Vocabulary Worksheets

✫ What Happened in This Chapter Chart

✫ What Happened in This Chapter Interactive Folding Tabs

✫ Comprehension Answer Key

✫ Teaching Notes

Boy Overboard Characters

This resource includes:

✫ A Cover Page

✫ Character Overview Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Jamal Mind Map

✫ Jamal Questions - Worksheet, Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Jamal’s Actions - Worksheet and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ 2 Jamal Writing Tasks - Task Sheets and Task Cards

✫ Jamal: Baker or Warrior Exploration - Organiser and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Bibi Mind Map

✫ Bibi Questions - Worksheet, Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ 2 Bibi Writing Tasks - Task Sheets and Task Cards

✫ Jamal’s Parents - Questions (Worksheet, Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Activity) and Writing Task (Task Sheet and Task Card)

✫ Questions (Worksheet and Task Cards) for Yusuf, Omar, Rashida and Andrew

✫ Minor Characters Activity

✫ Character Impact Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Comparing Jamal and Bibi - Organiser and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Descriptive Words - Interactive Notebook Envelope

✫ My Favourite Character Writing Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Letters from Jamal to Yusuf - Task Sheet and Task Card

✫ Teaching Notes

Boy Overboard Research Tasks

This resource includes:

✫ Steps of Research Information Sheet and Poster in Black and White and Colour

✫ 10 Research Task Sheets with Extended Guiding Questions

✫ 10 Foldable Research Task Cards in Colour and Black and White

✫ 2 Research Sheets on Australia and Afghanistan

✫ A Question, Key Word and Phrase Brainstorming Sheet

✫ A Note Taking Organiser

✫ A Reference Organiser

✫ Organising Note for Writing Sheet

✫ A Reflection Sheet

✫ A Marking Rubric/Criteria Sheet

✫ Teaching Notes

Boy Overboard Whole Novel Activities

This resource includes:

✫ A Cover Page

✫ Reader Reaction - Worksheet, Interactive Notebook Activity and Task Cards

✫ Write a Review - Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Recommendation Bookmark - Task Card and Task Cards

✫ Is it a Good Book? - Worksheet, Interactive Notebook Activity and Task Cards

✫ Mapping the Story - Blank Activity Sheet and Guided Activity Sheet

✫ Important Moments - Worksheet and Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Create a Poster, Model or Artwork - Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Create a Comic Strip - 4 Comic Options and Task Cards

✫ 5 Things You Should Know About Boy Overboard - Worksheet

✫ What is Author Intent? - Information Sheet, Discussion Task Card, Individual Discussion Cards, Poster

✫ What is the Intent of the Author of Boy Overboard? - Task Sheet, Question Sheet, Task Card, Table Activity

✫ What Does Boy Overboard Tell Us About . . . ? - Worksheet, Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Write a Family History - Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Compare the Soccer Games - Table Activity

✫ The Importance of Soccer - Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ When is it Okay to Break the Law? - Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Starting a New Life - Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ What Happens Next? - Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Write a Letter to the Author - Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Sample Answers to a Range of Activities (separate file)

✫ Teaching Notes

This resource contains two versions, one with US Spelling in Letter format, one with UK/Australian spelling in A4 format. Both versions are PDF files, 290 pages long.

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