It's A Book - Teaching Ideas

“Can it text?” “No.” “Tweet?” “No.” “Wi-Fi?” . . . “No, it’s a book!”

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

Make a new book, in a similar style, with the title ‘It’s a…’ about a topic of your choice, e.g. ‘It’s a dinosaur’ or ‘It’s a family’.
Can you use the speech in the book to create a play script? Could you perform this for others?
Rewrite the text using speech marks.
Have a class debate to discuss the pros and cons of ebooks.
The monkey says ‘No’ a lot in the story. Can you think of other ways of saying ‘Yes’ and ‘No’?
Make a guide to teach people about different types of technology. What do they do? How do they work?
Can you write the start / end of the story about ‘Long John Silver’?
Make a persuasive poster to encourage people to use their library more.
Watch this video about the author. If you could interview Lane Smith, what would you ask?

Watch these trailers for the book and its sequel. Could you record your own book trailer?

Conduct a class survey to find out which is the most popular way of reading… on a screen or with a book.
Can you read the times on the clocks in the illustrations? What is the difference between each time?
Find out what books are most popular at your school. Create a graph / chart to show the results. Are the most popular books different for boys / girls and different age groups?

Find allow the ICT-related vocabulary in the book. Do you know what they all mean? Could you make a glossary using these words?
Think about how technology had changed during your lifetime. How has technology changed throughout your parents’ / teacher’s lifetime?
Rabbit changes the story into ‘text language’. Can you make a poster to teach people about different text abbreviations and emoticons?
Rabbit asks if the book needs a password. Create a video which teaches people about the importance of strong passwords.

Find out about your local library. Where is it? What route might you take if you were to go there?

Can you create a timeline and use it to show when different types of technology first became available?