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Claremont College - Year 3 - Name__________________

NOVEL STUDY CONTRACT TERM 4

Misery Guts ~ Morris Gleitzman
Get your facts right

What does it mean?

Use it or loose it

Breakdown

Creating new things

You must do at least one of these

You must do at least one of these

You must do at least one of these

You must do at least one of these

You must do at least one of these

activities ❑

activities ❑

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✎Ad Campaign
Make up an advertising
campaign to promote Vin’s Fish
and Chip Shop. You must
include pictures, words and lots
of colour. Complete this in your
English book - 1 page.

Story Map
Complete a story map for
Misery Guts. You must show 10
main events from the story
using words and pictures.

World Travel
Using an atlas find the route
taken by Keith and his family.
Plot the places on a world map
and join them together. Write
the names of each place they
went to.

Interview
In a group of 4, conduct a
parent teacher interview to
present to the class. The

participants need to represent
Keith, his Mum and Dad and his
teacher. Use the sheet provided
to assist with your planning.

Make a Model
Make a model or diorama of
Vin’s Fish and Chips Shop. Be
creative and add a new idea to it
which will attract more
customers. Plan your work first
by drawing the design in your
English book. You will need to
supply your own materials.

Cloze Passage
Read through the information in
the cloze passage. Use the
words at the bottom to fill in the
spaces. Re-read the information
to make sure that it makes
sense.
Fishy Find-a-Word
Find the names of the tropical
fish in the find-a-word. Colour
them in neatly when you have
found them.

✎Write a letter
Pretend you are Keith after

reading chapter 9; write a letter
to a friend back in England
talking about the move to
Australia, mention in detail at
least 3 things you have done.
Complete this in your draft book
- 2 pages.
Crossword Cloze
Read the clues to work out the
missing word in the sentence.
Fill in the missing words on the
crossword grid and on the line
in the sentence.

✎Author Study
Who is the author of Misery
Guts? What can you find out
about him? Present your
information as an author study.
Include a drawing of him.
Complete this in your English
book - 1 page.
Mapping - Blue Fin Fish
Markets
Using the map of Blue Fin Fish
Markets, answer the questions
about where different places
are.

Word Search

Create a word search with
words from the novel. List the
words you are going to include
(you must use at least 15-20
words; use a dictionary to help
you with the spelling). Get them
checked by a teacher and then,
one by one fit them into the
grid. When all the words are in
the grid, fill in the missing
spaces with other letters.

✎Travel Brochure
After reading chapter 5, design
Keith’s perfect travel brochure.
Be sure to use persuasive
language, illustrate and design
creatively. Plan your work first
by drawing the design in your
English book.
Read the information about
what to include and look through
some real travel brochures for
ideas.

You must complete this activity on the worksheet provided. ✎You must complete this activity in your English or your draft book. Hands on activity.
WHEN YOU FINISH AN ACTIVITY;
1. Self-edit your work, check that it is completed and presented neatly.
2. Tick off the box at the top of the column to mark it off as finished.
3. Hand your work in to be checked by the teacher. When this has been marked you will be able to place a star on the Class Contract Chart.

4. Begin a new activity.