School Journal Story Library Activities - Diary of a Wild Boy

Description

We’ve put together a set of reading response and writing activities for the School Journal Story Library text: Diary of a Wild Boy by Brandon Yelavich.

Diary of a Wild Boy: To turn his life around, 19-year-old Brando Yelavich undertook a gruelling 600-day expedition to become the first person to walk the entire coastline of New Zealand. Throughout the challenging journey, he overcame dangerous wildlife encounters, near-drowning, and severe isolation, ultimately finding a deep appreciation for human connection and living in the moment.

This School Journal Story Library text is great for Year 8 students reading below their year level; the text has a Year 6 reading level.

In this School Journal Story Library: Diary of a Wild Boy resource, you receive:

One follow-up activity sheet focusing on:
- using prior knowledge
- comprehension monitoring
- finding specific information
- understanding vocabulary
- summarising and drawing conclusions
- making inferences using evidence.

Apply Your Knowledge links
- These links provide further activities and ideas to help students explore the topic of the story or article further. QR codes and web links are provided so students can visit websites, and watch video clips.

One creative design activity: This activity challenges students to use higher-order thinking to synthesise their knowledge and create something new.
Organise information: Break-it-down task for students to re-read and organise the information from the text into a timeline graphic organiser
Writing to Entertain Writing Prompt: Writing a Diary Entry
- Three writing planning sheets are provided

Reading + Creativity + Text Structure + Writing Activities

These activities link directly to the refreshed New Zealand English Curriculum.