Tuning+In

__**Purpose** __
 The students get familiar with the books written by Graeme Base.

__**Grouping** __
 The students work in the groups of 5

__**Resource Preparation** __
 Reading the Graeme Base books and getting familiar with different strands and areas each book focusses on.

__**Sequence of activities** __
**Lesson 1** General Reading Theme: Finding the distinctive features of Graeme Base books that make them different from general story books.

Activity: - the students, in a group of 5, choose a Graeme Base book. they read the book and discuss with each other, the story and the main highlights that make the book distinct from the general story book. - they present the a short summary of the book to the class in the form of a presentaion.

**__Lesson 2__ **
Rythm and Base

Theme: Rythmic pattern

Activity: - the students focus on the front page rhyme of the books that they chose in the first activity. They identify the rhythmic pattern and how the rhyme describes the summary of the book. - the students, in the group of 5, work on a poem of their own. they are required to make a short poem following the ideas and art of Graeme Base