BOOK 3: KABO’S DIARY
Storybook
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Key questions for class/group
discussion.
Inside front What does the map show us?
cover and • Which is the land and which is
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the sea?
Where is Wales/
Africa/Botswana?
• Where is north/south/
east/west?
• How would you travel from
Wales to Botswana?
How far away is Botswana?
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Who are the characters in the
story? What day is it?
Where is Kabo going?
• Why is he going to Botswana?
• What does he need to take with
him?
• What does he want to take with
him?
• What does he think he will see
in Botswana?
Where are Kabo and his
parents going?
• How are they travelling to
Botswana?
• Where did their journey begin?
• How long does it take?
What is it like to be on an
aeroplane?
• What can they see, hear, smell
and feel?
• What will they see if they look
out of the window?
• What did they do on the
aeroplane?
• At what time did they get on
the aeroplane/ eat their lunch/
get off of the aeroplane?
What do you think Gerry
would like to say about it?
Where is Kabo?
What is Grandma’s home like?
• What can you see in the picture
that will tell you about
Grandma’s home?
• Where does she do the cooking?
• In which building do you think
Kabo slept?
• How many people do you think
live in the compound?
• What does Kabo have for
breakfast?
• What do the children play with?
• What is the weather like?
What is it like at night in
Botswana?
• What do you think you can see,
hear, smell and feel at night in
Botswana?
• What do you think Gerry can see
as he looks out of the window?
What do you think Gerry
would like to say about it?
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Discussion and activities
Resources
• Use a large globe, matching the map to the globe. Identify land and
sea.
• Identify Wales and where we live. Identify Africa and Botswana
and talk about where Kabo’s grandma lives.
• Talk about the flags of the two countries. (The Botswana flag is
blue and this represents the water which is very important to the
people. The black and white represents the people of Botswana.)
• Talk about the different ways of travelling and trace the route by
aeroplane from Wales to Botswana.
• Use the direction chart to identify where the features are.
• Use the distances sheet to record distances between Nia’s school
and yours, and to Botswana etc.
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The Teacher’s
Book
• Talk about the characters. Use the resource sheets to match them to
the descriptions.
• Draw the pupils’ attention to the days of the week on the page.
• Talk about what you think it will be like in Botswana and make a
list of what Kabo needs to pack in his suitcase. (Think about the
weather).
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• Use books etc to find out what it is like in Botswana/Africa and
record in picture form what you think Kabo and Gerry will see in
Botswana.
• Talk about the family’s journey to Botswana, Use a clock to work
out how many hours it took to get there.
• Talk about what it is like to travel on an aeroplane.
• Record what Kabo can see, hear, smell and feel.
• Draw pictures of what Kabo would have seen just after taking off
and when he was very high up in the air.
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• Make a list showing times of the day when the family did different
things.
• Record Gerry’s opinion about the journey by using his opinion
sheet, his diary or by writing a postcard to Nia.
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• Talk about where Kabo is and what Grandma’s home is like.
• Make a list of words to describe Grandma’s home.
• Talk about what the family do in the different buildings, i.e.
Grandma lives in one building, Kabo’s aunty and uncle live in
another.
• Use other books to find out what people in Africa have for
breakfast.
• Begin a weather chart for Kabo’s week in Botswana, by recording
picture and text on the sequence sheet.
• Begin recording what Botswana is like on the description sheet
using the pictures.
• Use a senses sheet to record what it is like to be in Africa at night.
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• Draw a picture of what you think Gerry will see from the window.
• Record Gerry’s thoughts about what the day has been like or about
what he can see out of the window by using his opinion sheet, his
diary or by writing a postcard to Nia.
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12 & 13
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14 & 15
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16 & 17
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Where is Kabo now?
• Where do you think he is going?
What is it like in the compound?
• What are people doing there?
How is it similar to and
different from where you live?
• Talk about where Kabo is going and the kinds of jobs people have
to do in the morning.
• Make an illustrated list of the jobs people are doing.
• Make an illustrated list of the jobs people do in your home.
• Record the similarities and differences between Grandma’s home
and your home.
What did Kabo do on Sunday?
• What do you do on Sundays?
What is the village like?
• What is the weather like?
• Where is the shop and what is
it like?
• What do people do in church?
How is it similar to and
different from where we live?
What do you think Gerry would
like to say about the village?
• Draw and write about what life is like in the village.
Where is Kabo?
What is Grandma’s workplace
like?
• What does Grandma make?
• Who buys the weaving?
• What she use?
• What jobs do people do?
• What do you think they can
see, hear, smell and feel there?
What do you think Gerry
would like to say about the
place where Grandma works?
Where is Kabo?
What is the city street like?
• What is it like in the craft shop?
• What do they sell there?
• What did Kabo buy?
• What is the weather like?
How is it similar to and
different from a city street you
know?
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• Continue the weather chart using clues of clothes, puddles etc.
• Continue recording what life is like in Botswana on the recording
sheet.
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• Record the similarities and differences between Grandma’s village
and where you live.
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• Record Gerry’s thoughts about what the village is like.
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• Make a list of the jobs people do at the workshop.
• Make a list of jobs people do in a place you know and compare.
• Talk about what Grandma does and why she does it.
• Record what you think you can see, hear, smell and feel at
Grandma’s workshop.
• Continue recording what life is like in Botswana on the recording
sheet.
• Record Gerry’s thoughts about what it is like at Grandma’s
workplace.
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List the things Kabo saw in the city.
Make an illustrated list of the things Kabo could buy in the village.
Continue the weather chart using clues of clothes, puddles etc.
Continue recording what life is like in Botswana on the recording
sheet.
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• Record the similarities and differences between this city street and
a city street you know/ the city street in Gerry’s Story.
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What do you think Gerry would
like to say about the city?
• Record Gerry’s thoughts on a postcard to Nia.
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What is the school like?
• How is it similar to and
different from our school?
What does Kabo tell the
children about Wales?
What is Wales like?
• What is the weather like in
Wales?
• What does the Welsh flag
represent?
• What does the flag of
Botswana represent?
What do you think Gerry
would say about school in
Botswana?
• Talk about what the school is like and what you can see in the
classroom. Talk about what the children do inside and outside the
school.
• Compare your school with this school in Botswana.
• Talk about Wales, where is it and what is it like. Talk about the
weather. Mark Wales on the map of the world.
• Talk about the Welsh flag and what it represents.
• Talk about the Botswana flag and what it represents.
• Make a talk for the class of what you think Kabo might have told
the children of Botswana about Wales.
• Write down some questions that you think the children of
Botswana might have asked Kabo about living in Wales.
• Record Gerry’s thoughts about what it is like in school in
Botswana.
Where are the family going?
• What is a National Park and
what is it like?
• How are they going to travel
around the park?
• What will they see there?
• What is the weather like?
• Talk about what a National Park is and what you would expect to
find in one.
• Think about how the family travels around the park, the different
ways that they might have travelled and why they didn’t walk or
cycle. Draw a picture of what they would have seen from the
aeroplane.
• Continue the weather chart.
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What is the park like?
• What features can they see
there?
• What animals live in the park?
What are they like and what do
they do?
• What were the trees like?
What do you think about the
park?
Who looks after the park?
How is the park similar to and
different from the park near
Nia’s home?
• Use the pictures from Gerry’s Story to compare the park in Cardiff
with this park. Think about the creatures who live there.
• Record the similarities and differences between the two parks.
Which way did the family go?
• What did they see as they
travelled?
• Use the plan/picture/ black and white plan to trace the route the
family took. Talk about the directions they took.
• Draw the things that the family saw in the north, south, east and
west of the park. Play the ‘I Spy’ game using the pictures.
What is the weather like?
• Continue the weather chart.
• Continue recording what life is like in Botswana on the recording
sheet.
• Record Gerry’s thoughts about what he had seen in the park.
What do you think Gerry
would say about the park?
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• Talk about the family’s ride around the park. Make list of what you
can see in the park.
• Group them into sets of geographical features, animals, trees.
Draw pictures.
• Use the animal and trees words/sentences to match the pictures.
• Make a graph of the number of each type of animal they saw.
• Use simple reference books or stories to find out more about
animals of Africa.
• Write a poem about a giraffe using adjectives to describe him
• Record your opinions about the park.
• Talk about who looks after the park. Locate the game warden’s
hut on the picture. Think about the jobs he has to do and compare
it with the jobs which people have to do in the park near Nia’s
home.
What is the village like?
• What was it like outside in the
evening?
• What do you think Kabo would
see, hear, smell and feel?
• What stories do you think they
told?
• Talk about what you have found out about Grandma’s village.
• Use a senses sheet to record what it was like outside at night. (It is
cold; animal sounds can be heard in the distance and the night sky
is covered with sparkling stars.)
• Write a story to tell around the fire. (Other African storybooks or
animal stories may be used as examples.)
• Finish the weather chart. Record the weather at your school for a
week and compare it with the weather chart of the story.
What was the weather like?
• How was the daytime and night
time different?
• List the differences between night and day in Botswana.
What do you think Gerry
would say about it?
• Record Gerry’s thoughts about sitting around the fire in the
evening.
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Where are Kabo and his
parents going?
• What does Grandma give Kabo
and what does it show?
• How does Kabo feel and what
is he thinking?
• What will he tell Nia?
• Talk about the airport and why they are there. Think about the
journey they are going to make and which way they are going to go.
• Talk about the weaving and how it depicts things that Kabo had
seen all week. Write a story to explain what the weaving shows.
• Paint or draw a picture that represents what you think the family
saw during their week.
• Talk about how Kabo is thinking and feeling.
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What is the park like?
• What other journeys would you
like to make around the park?
• What other places do you think
the different animals would like
to live in the park?
• Which ways do you think the
animals travel around the park?
• Match the oblique picture of the park with the plan. Use the plan
/black and white plan to plan other journeys around the park.
• Talk about where you would go and what you would pass and seen
on the way.
• Talk about the other places in the park where the elephant, giraffe,
hippo and lion would like to be. (Look for their favourite trees).
Place the pictures of the animals at these places on the large map.
Draw a symbol for the animals and locate them on the black and
white plan.
• Draw elephant footprints on the black and white plan to measure
the distances.
• Use the pictures of the features of Botswana and your completed
activity sheet 43 to write or make a book about Botswana.
What is Botswana like?
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bungalow
hut
church
school
weaving workshop
village shop
village
city street
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What is Botswana like?
This is what I have found out about it from:
Grandma’s house
the village
the weaving workshop
the city street
the school
the National Park
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Giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest animal on earth. It
grows to over 5 metres tall. It has a very long
tongue to help it eat the leaves from the
trees. The giraffe’s eyesight is very good and
it has a good sense of smell and hearing too.
Perhaps this is why it appears to be a very
curious animal.
Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus is often called the hippo.
Many Africans call it a river horse. It is very
heavy and grows to be 5 metres long, but it has
short legs and only grows to 11⁄2 metres tall. It
spends most of the day in a river or a pool with
just its eyes, ears and nose out above the water.
Hippos can be very dangerous animals to people.
Elephant
Lion
The elephant is the largest living land animal.
It grows to 4 metres tall and has a very large
body. Its trunk is a long upper lip and nose. It
uses it to put food and water into his mouth
and to squirt water over his body. It uses his
trunk to smell food and danger because it
cannot see very well.
The lion grows to just over 1 metre tall and 2
metres long. The male lion has a hairy mane.
The lion eats meat and must hunt to get his
food. He spends only two or three hours a day
hunting. The rest of the time he spends
sleeping or resting. He does not need to eat
everyday.
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Sausage tree
Baobab tree
People have said that the baobab tree looks
like a giant upside-down carrot. The wood of
the tree holds a lot of water. This is why
elephants like to chew the bark of the tree
trunk. Baboons and monkeys like to eat the
fruit of the tree.
The sausage tree gets its name from the large
sausage-shaped fruits that hang down amongst
the leaves. The hippopotamus likes to eat
these fruits and will travel a long long way to
find them.
Camelthorn tree
Candlepod tree
The camelthorn tree does not have anything to
do with the camel. In one of the languages that
people speak in Botswana its name means the
tree of the giraffe. It has a white oval-shaped
fruit and it is the giraffe’s favourite food.
Some African people call the candlepod tree
the house of the lion because lions are seen
resting under its branches. The fruits of the
tree are pods that stand up like candles.
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This is ............................................ diary
Today is
The weather is
This is what I did today.
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Postcard
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Map of the world