For Years 5 & 6
Read Mirror by Jeannie Baker
I recommend you turn the sound off when viewing the video.
Questions:
What are the two settings in this story?
How does Jeannie Baker create the difference in each setting?
How are the visual images used by the author to show similarities in each of the boy’s story?
Identify the part of the story told in traditional Arabic fashion?
Look for animals in both parts of Mirror.
List types of energy used by each of the communities in Mirror.
What are the different ways plants are used in each community?
Look carefully at each picture and see if you can tell what time it is in each country. How do you know?
Why was the mirror idea used in this story? How does it help the reader to see into the lives of the boys?
Activity:
Look closely at the pictures and find the objects that people use in their daily life in Australia and Morocco.
What sorts of tools and utensils do they use?
What types of transport do they use?
What sorts of things do they buy?
What sort of houses do they live in?
Make a list of these objects in words or pictures under the headings Morocco and Australia. Draw a line connecting the objects that are the same in each country.