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'And Tango Makes Three': book club

Starter quiz

  • Sequence the following to retell the beginning of the story of 'And Tango Makes Three'. R & S refers to Roy and Silo.
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      R & S were different to other penguin couples because both of them were boys.
    • 2
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      R & S spent all their time together and lived just like the other couples.
    • 3
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      R & S realised the one thing they couldn't do was produce an egg and have a baby
    • 4
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      R & S tried to hatch a rock so that they could become parents.
  • Sequence the following to retell the rest of the story of 'And Tango Makes Three'. R & S refers to Roy and Silo.
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      The zookeeper realised what was happening and gave R & S an egg to hatch.
    • 2
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      R & S spent all of their time caring for the egg.
    • 3
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      The egg hatched and R & S became fathers to a penguin who was named Tango.
    • 4
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      R & S taught and loved their daughter in the same way as the other families.
  • What is a theme within a story?
    • the main characters
    • where the story is set
    • a big idea, topic or message  ✓
  • True or false? All families look the same.
    • True
    • False ✓
  • Select all the ways in which Roy and Silo were similar to the other couples?
    • They loved to spend their time together.  ✓
    • They shared a home together.  ✓
    • They wanted to be parents.  ✓
    • They could produce an egg to hatch.
  • What made Tango unique in the penguin home?
    • She had two dads.  ✓
    • She was hatched from an egg.
    • She went swimming with her parents.
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