Koala Lou is a beautifully written book by Mem Fox that children just love to study. Australian literature is often about some amazing animal that has a lesson to learn.

This book study for Koala Lou contains the following tasks -

Getting to know the text

• Alphabet Key
• Parts of speech – classify the words and make a display
• What I know, want to know and new learning
• Alphabet Wall for a class display

Working through the text

• Beginning, middle and end
• Text Connections
• Problems and solutions
• Write a summary
• Story Elements
• I see, I think, I wonder
• A Koala is, can, has
• Use adjectives to describe

Beyond the text

• Main Idea and sub plots
• Conversations
• Venn Diagrams compare koalas to Koala Lou
• Change the ending
• A training schedule
• Alternative coping methods
• Personality Traits
• Use adjectives
• List Australian animals
• Amazing illustration
• Visual Illustrations
• New Book Cover
• Book Reports
• Author Tools
• Interview Questions
• Conversation between Koala Lou and her mother
• Innovation on the text
• Sequel to text
• Make your book

Non-Fiction Responses – Informational Report

• Photos of koalas to use as display and conversation prompts
• Vocabulary cards for information text, plus a spare page to add your own
• Fact cards to share in colour and black/white
• Planners for the informational text
• Pages to use for writing text
• Information Text rubric
• Map of the world
• Interactive Note Page for planning

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