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Extra Yarn

Extra Yarn. By Mac Barnett Illustrated by Jon Klassen. http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QHNzgIhbIo.

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Extra Yarn

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  1. Extra Yarn By Mac Barnett Illustrated by Jon Klassen

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QHNzgIhbIo

  3. Annabelle lives in a cold and drab world until she finds a mysterious box of yarn She knits herself a colourful jumper and finds she has extra yarn. She continues to knit jumpers for all the people in the town and still has extra yarn! Soon the whole town is wrapped up in warm colourful jumpers. An archduke from across the sea hears about Annabelle’s miraculous box of yarn and sets sail to get the box any way he can.

  4. Questions…? • Could the archduke have done anything different to convince Annabelle to sell the yarn? (Conscience Alley) • What lesson does this book teach readers? • Why do you think Annabelle knits jumpers for all the people, animals, buildings and trees? • Why does Annabelle refuse to sell the yarn to the archduke? Do you think her answer would have changed if her family were very poor and couldn’t afford food?

  5. More activities… • Write adjectives and expanded noun phrases to describe the town at the beginning and end of the book. How has the town changed? • Design your own jumper. • Write about something special that you have found. What did you do with it? • Describe your favourite piece of clothing. • Discover more of Jon Klassen’s illustrations. • Write a story about how the box of yarn came to be where Annabelle found it.

  6. and of course… YARN BOMB

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