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'The Planet in a Pickle Jar': book club

Starter quiz

  • Why does the grandma preserve items in pickle jars?
    • she likes the taste of pickled items
    • she likes to have jars of items as ornaments in her home
    • she wants to protect the world's wonders and other special items  ✓
  • True or false? It is actually possible to preserve the world's wonders by pickling them.
    • True
    • False ✓
  • Sequence the following events to retell the beginning of the story 'The Planet in a Pickle Jar'.
    • 1
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      the grandchildren visit their grandma and find her boring
    • 2
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      they remain unaware/uninterested as their grandma explores the world's wonders
    • 3
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      the children witness a star falling and become worried about the world
    • 4
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      the children go looking for their grandma but cannot find her
  • Sequence the following events to retell the rest of the story 'The Planet in a Pickle Jar'.
    • 1
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      the grandchildren encounter a leopard and run away, finding a mysterious door
    • 2
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      the grandchildren enter a room filled with items in pickle jars
    • 3
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      the children then enter a nature sanctuary and find their grandma
    • 4
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      the grandma explains she needs their help protecting the world's wonders
    • 5
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      the grandchildren help their grandma by pickling the world's wonders in jars
  • What is a theme within a story?
    • a big idea, topic or message  ✓
    • the main characters
    • where the story is set
  • How do we uncover themes within a story?
    • retrieve the theme from the page
    • infer deeper meaning from recurring ideas, topics or messages  ✓
    • read the story again and again
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