teacher`s notes - Mummy and Mumma Get Married

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PREPARED BY KAREN BECKER
Currently Lead Teacher at Robinvale, Karen Becker has 15 years
experience teaching in the private and government sectors. She is also
a former book editor with the educational publisher, Pearson Australia.
COMPREHENSION AND CONNECTION QUESTIONS
Teachers can ask these questions as they read the book.
pg 4-5
On page 4 Phoebe describes her two mummies. On page 5
there are pictures of two ladies. Which one is Mummy and
which one is Mumma? Who is holding Biscuit?
Phoebe calls her parents Mummy and Mumma.
What do you call your family members?
Do you have special names for your grandparents?
VOCAB BUILDING:
pg 6-7
What do you think these people’s weddings might have been like?
pg 8-9
Why do you think the mummies want to marry?
pg 10-11
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Mummy and Mumma are concerned that ‘You-Know-Who’
won’t come to their wedding. Who might You-Know-Who be?
Why does it matter if someone doesn’t attend your wedding?
Phoebe lists lots of things which are her mummies’ favourite.
How could she include these likes into a wedding?
What are your parents favourite things? How could you include
their interests in a party?’
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COMPREHENSION AND CONNECTION QUESTIONS
pg 12-13 Look at Mrs Peabody’s florist shop. What can you see hiding
amongst the flowers?
What the book doesn’t tell you is that Phoebe has no money
to pay for the flowers. Instead she traded with Mrs Peabody by
offering to work in her florist shop for a week. What adventures
could Phoebe have in this florist? What things might she have
had to organise?
pg 14-15 Who are these people? How can you tell? What tools of their
trade are they holding?
pg 16-17
What flavour do you think this cake might be? Do you like icecream? Have you ever had an ice-cream cake? How would you
store this cake?
pg 18-19
Who could You-Know-Who be? What reasons could there be for
them not agreeing to come to a wedding?
pg 20-21
Why do you think Phoebe wants her mummies to be married?
Why are weddings such a big deal? Why is BIG DEAL written in
capital letters? How do you read capital letters?
Phoebe is worried about things that could go wrong. What is she
worried about in the picture? Which things in the picture could
really happen? Which things are fantasy? What else could she be
worried about?
pg 22-23
Why is Phoebe ‘excited and nervous all mixed up together?’
Have you ever had mixed emotions? Which emotions were they
and why were you mixed up?
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COMPREHENSION AND CONNECTION QUESTIONS
pg 22-23
Phoebe is imagining who You-Know-Who might be.
Who do you think she is imagining and why?
pg 24-25
The big day has finally arrived. How do you think Phoebe is
feeling?
pg 26-27
What would your parents think if you organised a party for them?
What do you think Mummy and Mumma will think?
pg 28-29
If all the guests ‘love to come’ and did, do you think it matters if
You-Know-Who comes or not?
Do you recognise the guests in the bus? Who can you recognise?
pg 30-31
Why is it described as a magical day?
Mummy and Mumma get married under a frangapani tree. This
makes it a special place for them. Do you have a special place?
VOCABULARY BUILDING:
pg 30-31
You-Know-Who arrives to the wedding just in time.
Does this mean that the wedding was more successful?
Is this wedding legal? What makes weddings legal?
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can you describe a frangapani tree?
Can you list names of any other trees?’
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EMPATHY
“We would love to be
married.” said Mummy.
“But what about
You-Know-Who?
We can’t have a
wedding until they
agree to come to the
party” added Mumma.
When you read this page 8, what do you think, feel wonder?
On this page I think I can see …
When I read this page I feel …
When I read this page I wonder …
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FAVOURITE THINGS
On page 10 Phoebe lists things which her mummies like.
‘How could these things be used in a wedding?’
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CUTE COUPLES
All weddings are different to suit the couple. Look at pages 6 &7.
What do the pictures tell you about their weddings?
Describe their wedding.
What makes you think this?
Jack Carnaby and his new wife
Pam and Colin from up the road
Uncle Adam and Uncle Steve in Ireland
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CUTE COUPLES
Miss Singh and Mr Johnson
Hugh Packman and Jennifer Aniseed
Li Na and Zhang Wei
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WEDDING HELP
On pages 14-15 Phoebe runs into many people in town while she is planning
the wedding. Who are these people?
What could she have asked them to do to help her organise the wedding?
What do you think each person below does?
What makes you think this?
What could they be doing to help organise the wedding?
This person is ...
I think this because ...
They are helping by ...
This person is ...
I think this because ...
They are helping by ...
This person is ...
I think this because ...
They are helping by ...
This person is ...
I think this because ...
They are helping by ...
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WEDDING HELP
This person is ...
I think this because ...
They are helping by ...
This person is ...
I think this because ...
They are helping by ...
This person is ...
I think this because ...
They are helping by ...
This person is ...
I think this because ...
They are helping by ...
This person is ...
I think this because ...
They are helping by ...
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DEBATE TOPICS
1.Read through the statements and decide if you agree or disagree.
Discuss your ideas with a partner.
2.Select the topic that you feel most passionate about and write a
persuasive essay on the topic.
AGREE
DISAGREE
The wedding industry consumes too much
money. All weddings should be banned.
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Weddings are religious affairs and should
only happen in places of worship. ❑
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There is too much divorce in Australia.
No one should get married.
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People should marry before they have children.
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Too much attention is on the wedding
and not enough on the marriage.
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Weddings are about the whole family and
everyone should attend the event.
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Arranged marriages are a good tradition.
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Weddings should contain all the traditional
elements from the couple’s background.
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Getting married is important and everyone
should do it.
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People should know each other for at least
five years before they get married.
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Love is the only reason to get married.
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ORGANISING A WEDDING
From the menu below, choose a role and help organise a part of the wedding.
YOU ARE AN EVENT ORGANISER
Plan a schedule for the day.
YOU ARE A TAILOR
Phoebe orders clothes that suit her mothers’ personalities. Read the
descriptions of Mummy and Mumma and design wedding clothes for them.
YOUR JOB IS TO CREATE A WEDDING MOVIE
To get organised plan the shots.
1. List events and symbols in a wedding.
2. What long, medium, close-ups would you want to shoot?
YOU ARE A WEDDING DJ
Create a play list of songs which celebrate love. Think of the different people
going to the wedding. What songs might they like to dance to?
YOU ARE A CAKE DECORATOR
Follow the directions to design the cake.
1.
Each tier is a circle shape.
2.
Make the cake 5 tiers high.
3.
Around the cake sides have tulips and daffodils.
4.
Decorate the top of the cakes with stars.
5.
On top draw 2 brides. One should be upside down doing yoga.
The other should be surfing.
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YOU ARE A MARRIAGE COUNCILLOR
What questions should you ask the couple to assess if they are compatible?
Write a list of conversation topics a couple must agree on before they get
married. Are there any topics they can agree to disagree on?
YOU ARE A WEDDING REPORTER
Write a news report of the wedding. What details should you include? Write
a list of questions to ask the couple. Get two friends to pretend to be the
couple and answer the questions. Use their answers to write your news report.
YOU WERE A GUEST AT THE WEDDING
Write a recount letter describing the day. You are an expert scrap booker. The
couple have got their wedding photos and want captions for their wedding
book. Design the pages and write the captions.
YOU ARE A CELEBRANT
Write your script for the marriage ceremony. Write the wedding speeches.
YOU WERE A GUEST AT THE WEDDING
Write a thankyou card to Phoebe for the invitation. What special compliment
could you give for the special day?
YOU ARE A TRAVEL AGENT
Research and write a list of suitable honeymoon holidays for the couple
that you suggest they take.
YOU ARE A JEWELLER
How would you design the rings?
YOU ARE PHEOBE
On Monday Phoebe is going to do show’n’tell. What could she bring to
school from the wedding? What could she say about it? What could she not
say about the wedding?
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RAINY DAY
The weather forecast that there will be rain.
Brainstorm alternatives there could be for the ceremony.
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YOUR WEDDING
Think, draw and describe your
1.
wedding ceremony
2.clothing
3.celebrations
4.partner
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