Last of the Tree Ranchers

• illustrate a new tree-riding trick
• write an instruction page for the "Tree Surgery Handbook"
• design a Wanted poster for the Beaver Gang
• compose a Bungalo Boy campfire song

Margot Griffin
teacher, consultant, columnist
London, Ontario

• read the other Bungalo Boys' adventures in sequence and have students write stories of other ordinary events throught the extraordinary eyes of the boys

Maria, Cristina and Margaret G.
teachers
Crestview Public School
Kitchener, Ontario

Champions of Hockey

• with a group of friends develop a set of hockey cards which includes each member of the Bungalo team
• write up the questions you would use in an interview with the Bruins
• tape your version of a sportscaster's commentary on the game
• if you were the coach of an "animal hockey team" tell what creature you would pick for each position and why

Margot Griffin
teacher, consultant, columnist
London, Ontario

• use the vocabulary for dictionary exercises and discuss whether the pictures help explain the meaning of the words
• discuss how the pictures show different perspectives, sizes and feelings
• take a close look at "the bird's eye view" and try to make your own

Maria, Cristina and Margaret G.
teachers
Crestview Public School
Kitchener, Ontario

Bushmen Brouhaha

• research an animal that lives on the Serengeti (ie. baboons, zebras, gazelles)
• make up four additional phrases for Universal Bungalo Sign Language
• sponge paint "bushmen" and "elephant trees" for a Bungalo Bulletin Board
• construct a model of the Bungalo Boys base camp Bravo Bravo
  

Margot Griffin
teacher, consultant, columnist
London, Ontario

Flight of the Space Questers

• study the space vocabulary (celestial, astronomer, astrophysicist, gravity, centrifugal force, G-force, Black Hole). Compare the illustrator's use of the terms with their real meaning
• write a story about a flight into space. What would the writer see? How would he or she feel?
• write about an amusement park you have visited. Include characters, setting, name of some of the rides and how each one made riders feel
  

Maria, Cristina and Margaret G.
teachers
Crestview Public School
Kitchener, Ontario