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The Hissing Bush Level 9-11

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In The Hissing Bush, two children come across a bush that makes hissing sounds, and they gradually get closer they discover a goose guarding her nest. This text supports the comprehension strategies of making and confirming predictions,noting details in illustrations, and summarising the main ideas. Dynamic illustrations, livelydialogue, and the anticipation of solving the mystery encourage expressive reading. This is agood text to use for monitoring the integration of children’s reading strategies at the end of the Blue level. Text features – the framework of high-frequency words – the initial consonant blends – cl, fl , pl, sn, st – the digraphs -ch – children, each; -sh – bush, she, show; -th – feathers, that, the, they, this – the words ending in -ed – asked, fluffed, hissed, jumped, laughed, looked, walked, whispered, yelled; -ing – hissing, playing; -er – closer, feather(s), other – the irregular past-tense verbs – heard, ran, said, took, went – the strong narrative structure and the dramatic climax – the lively dialogue that includes colloquial language – don’t be silly, so weird – the contractions – didn’t, doesn’t, don’t, I’ll, it’s – the alternatives to “said” – asked, whispered, yelled – the use of the ellipsis to build anticipation on page 9 – the use of italics and exclamation marks to support expressive reading – the use of onomatopoeia – hiss, hissss – the visual language features – the thought bubble on page 8, text in the illustrations, and the “noise” lines on page 6Themes covered in this book are: Environment, FamilyReading Level:9-11 (Blue)

MTA Teachers Resource Catalogue Page: 223

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