Planning with a quality text:

Comprehension:Provide illustrations and get kids to create text/captions.

Reading:Read the text out loud in a ‘black dog’ voice.

Find another article/text about depression.

Talking and listening:What would you say to someone who had a black dog.

Writing:Respond toWhy the author chose a Black Dog ?

Write a letter to the black dog explaining why you don’t want him around anymore.

Insert BookAuthor

iPad apps:

Pic Collage- collect images related to the Black Dog and then create an alternative on the white dog.

Making:Design your own black dog, how would you portray him?Eg. Hair cut, cloud, shadow etc. What can you think of?

Other:

What would the story of White Dog be like?

Vocabulary:List of words describing the black dog

Build a list of adjectives about a black dog.

Build a list of verbs about a black dog.

Andrea Hillbrick 2013

Andrea Hillbrick 2013