"Smile!" said Dad
by Jane Buxton
illustrated by Rob desTombe
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E**k Surr"lrnary
Features e€the B*q>k
The variety of vocabulary and punctuation.
The use of repetition.
The use of direct speech.
The format of the cover - photograph and
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beach creatures.
The use of contractions - "I'll" and
The use of creative typography and
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onomatopoeia - "click".
The blends - "c1". "ck", and "sm".
The high-fiequency words - "have". "her".
expressively.
Title page - Look at the illustration. Talk
about the camera and discuss how you take
a
photograph.
"I've".
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Whot is Dod soying?
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Do you think this will be
Pages 2 and 3
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good photogroph?
Whot word tells you thot Dod hos token the
photogroph?
"again", "said", "had", and "was".
Say it together.
Fua"p*se
skills and strategies:
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predicting the meanings of new or unfamiliar
words from the context of'the story;
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using knowleclge of onset ancl rime to create
new vrords liom those in the story;
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Whot will Dod need to do no',O
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Whot do you think might hoppen?
Will thot be o good photogroph?
Pages 4 to 7 - The text repeats the first two
pages closely.
" Smile!" said Dad can be used in a guided reading
setting to introduce and reinfbrce the following
Page 8
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Does ihls iook like it will be o good photogroph?
Why is Dod looking so onnoyed?
The children now read the book independently.
El using a variety ofpunctuation to read
Revisiting the text
expressively;
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Reading the text
E Predicting the meanings of new or unfamiliar
words from the context of the story.
E Using knowledge of onset and rime to create
new words from those in the story.
E Using a variety of punctuation to read
Sornebody manages to spoil the shot every time
Dad attempts to take a tamily photograph.
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Discuss the use of the different types
punctuation throughout the story.
innovating on an originai storyline to write
another version.
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How do they help us to reod with expression?
Practise rereading some parts of the story aloud.
Introducing the text
Following Up
Talk about the times when the children mav have
had their photogrtiphs taken. Disc,.rss the cor,er
illustration.
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What do yau say 't',tien you take rt tphorcgrrspii oi
someonel
Can you ftnd that ,yord in the trtle?
Read the title and the naries of ihe author and
Innovating on an original storyline to write
another version.
Think of other ways that the photographs could
have been spoiled, for example, "but Mum's
hat blew away." Together, write and illustrate
a class big book to present each new idea.
El Complete the blackline master opposite.
illustrator together.
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