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The Robot: Pink B/ Band 1B
A humorous story featuring two whacky scientists building a robot. They assemble the robot carefully with each body part, but where is the head? In this simple text, each body part is named as it is added, and as the different parts are used, a repeated reply of thank you reinforces the phrase. • Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions. • Text type - A patterned story with predictable structure • The body parts are repeated in a single labelled diagram of the completed robot on pages 14 and 15 providing opportunities for speaking, listening and writing. • This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
16 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2012
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Paul Shipton
620 books32 followersPaul Shipton (born 1963) is an award-winning children's author.
He was born in Manchester and attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Manchester University. After completing two Masters' degrees (in Classics and Philosophy), he taught English in Istanbul for a year. After returning to the UK, he taught English as a foreign language for several years, and it was around this time that he published his first book, Zargon Zoo (1991).
Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States, where he works as a freelance writer and editor. He also writes books for younger readers under the pen name Paul Cooper. He and his wife and two daughters now divide their time between Cambridge, England, and Madison, Wisconsin.
He was born in Manchester and attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Manchester University. After completing two Masters' degrees (in Classics and Philosophy), he taught English in Istanbul for a year. After returning to the UK, he taught English as a foreign language for several years, and it was around this time that he published his first book, Zargon Zoo (1991).
Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States, where he works as a freelance writer and editor. He also writes books for younger readers under the pen name Paul Cooper. He and his wife and two daughters now divide their time between Cambridge, England, and Madison, Wisconsin.
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December 4, 2013
Book Review 6:
The Robot. By Paul Shipton.
A guided reading Pink Level B book. Band 1B.
Paul Shipton’s book “The Robot” is an excellent resource to consult when teaching pupils the use of speech bubbles within a text. The simplistic yet intriguing book follows the sequence of creating a robot. Gary Dunn’s alluring illustrations capture the attention of children and adults alike. The simple language and sentence structure make the story attractive for pupils of all reading abilities.
Not only does this wonderful book give fantastic opportunities for prediction and assessment of correct sequencing of stories for children; it also highlights the importance of conventions in Standard English such as “thank you”.
Shipton’s wonderful guided reading book can be used for cross curricular purposes such as art: pupils could draw their own robot and label body parts. Moreover, this activity could have a direct correlation to maths and ICT/Computing lessons consolidating children’s’ learning of 2D shapes to create the robot and ICT/computing skills by drawing the robot on a computer/laptop/net book/Ipad etc.
Notwithstanding, this text could additionally be used for KS1 lessons based on the use of labeling within a text, the use of different voices for different characters within a text, role play opportunities for pupils to create their own versions of the robot story.
I planned a guided reading and guided writing session based on this marvelous book. By the end of the of the two part lesson, pupils were able to create their own speech bubble for a robot independently using adjective words in their sentences. I would highly recommend this book for a Year 1 class. My pupils excelled at the writing task and have asked can we do a similar lesson soon.
The Robot. By Paul Shipton.
A guided reading Pink Level B book. Band 1B.
Paul Shipton’s book “The Robot” is an excellent resource to consult when teaching pupils the use of speech bubbles within a text. The simplistic yet intriguing book follows the sequence of creating a robot. Gary Dunn’s alluring illustrations capture the attention of children and adults alike. The simple language and sentence structure make the story attractive for pupils of all reading abilities.
Not only does this wonderful book give fantastic opportunities for prediction and assessment of correct sequencing of stories for children; it also highlights the importance of conventions in Standard English such as “thank you”.
Shipton’s wonderful guided reading book can be used for cross curricular purposes such as art: pupils could draw their own robot and label body parts. Moreover, this activity could have a direct correlation to maths and ICT/Computing lessons consolidating children’s’ learning of 2D shapes to create the robot and ICT/computing skills by drawing the robot on a computer/laptop/net book/Ipad etc.
Notwithstanding, this text could additionally be used for KS1 lessons based on the use of labeling within a text, the use of different voices for different characters within a text, role play opportunities for pupils to create their own versions of the robot story.
I planned a guided reading and guided writing session based on this marvelous book. By the end of the of the two part lesson, pupils were able to create their own speech bubble for a robot independently using adjective words in their sentences. I would highly recommend this book for a Year 1 class. My pupils excelled at the writing task and have asked can we do a similar lesson soon.
September 25, 2020
Good starter book about the parts of a robot.
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