Aussie Bites are written and illustrated by Australia's favourite authors and illustrators and are published by Puffin Books.  We have selected 14 of these for our Book Rap.

A Book Rap is a just a discussion about books among kids who like the books which uses email to share our thoughts.  Teachers can find out more about them by clicking here and choosing Book Raps.

To write this Rap each of us read at least four different Aussie Bites and then we chose our favourite.  Then those of us who had chosen the same book formed a group and read the book again, this time looking for four questions that would help us read on the lines, between the lines and beyond the lines. It was hard to do that because we are used to answering questions, not asking them!

When we had each written our questions, we had to choose the best four for each story. We also had to write a blurb about the story and a little bit about ourselves.

We have worked very hard on this but we have really enjoyed it.  We hope you do too.. 

You are invited to join in our Book Rap.

We are Year 4 students so we think it will suit students who are in Years 3, 4, and 5.

To join us, all you have to do is send us an email that tells us about your class, your school, where you live and your favourite Aussie Bites book, and why you like it

Just click on this picture to contact us!

Please send us your introduction by Friday August 3, 2001 so we can share these with everyone.  We are going to make a map that shows where each school is. You can too - it is a really good way to learn about the geography of this country.

 

Week 1 (July 30 -  August 3)	Choose the Aussie Bite you want to study. Send us an email introducing yourself. We will put all the introductions on this site so you can contact other schools and create a map to show where everyone is.
Week 2 (August  6- 10)	Read the story you are going to rap about. Click on the cover of the book to discover Rap Point 1. Read the first question for your story. Brainstorm it with the other students in your group and make notes about all your ideas. Discuss these ideas and work out an answer that you are all happy with. Appoint a Rap Rep to type your answer as an email. (This should be a different person each week.) To open a direct email link click on the teeth! Send us your response. Check the site to see who else is studying this story and what they are saying.
Week 3 (August  13 - 17)	Read and discuss Question 2 and send us your response.
Week 4 (August 20 - 24)	Read and discuss Question 3 and send us your response
Week 5 (August 27 - 31)	Read and discuss Question 4 and send us your response
Week 6 (September 3 -7)	Rap Wrap - tell us what you liked and what you learned. Read some reviews of the latest Aussie Bites.

 

 

Crackle Margaret Clark

Fort Island David Metzenthen

Hello World, it's me! Thurley Fowler

Monkey Trix Raewyn Caisley

No Place  for Grubbs Max Dann

Pop! Margaret Clark

The Too_Tight Tutu Sherryl Clark

Hurry Up, Alice! Christobel Mattingley

Sebby, Stee and the Garbos and Me Jane Godwin

The Excuse Allan Baillie

Nathan and the  Ice Rockets Debra Oswald

The Water Dragons Patricia Wrightson

Too much to ask for Katherine & Mary K. Pershall

Whoppers Moya SImons

Read the introductions from the other rappers. If your group hasn't sent one, it's not too late.