Boss of the Pool Read and Reflect Literature Unit

Boss of the Pool Read and Reflect Literature Unit is a teachers' resource book based on Robin Klein's popular children's book Boss of the Pool.

Read and Reflect is a series of Literature Units based on novels by Australian authors. Each unit is divided into a number of modules and each module is based on two or three chapters and contains a wide range of activities to help promote student's comprehension, creative and critical thinking as well as spelling and writing skills.

The presentation of modules allows students to work at their own pace. Each contain:

• Pre-reading and spelling list
• Reading the chapters
• Written exercises vary including:
  • comprehension
  • vocabulary knowledge
  • word recognition
  • word knowledge
  • sentence construction
  • dictionary work
  • creative writing
  • poetry
  • factual text types
  • puzzles
• Art and Craft Activities
• Drama Activities

Jennifer Madigan has over twenty-five years of teaching experience in both governent and non-government schools. She continues to enjoy reading children's literature and writing accompanying educational material for teachers.