Bee Sting

Bee Sting! is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a boy, Ben, watching his dad work around a beehive to collect honey. Ben was really excited about the honey until a bee stung him on the eye! Ben’s face became really sore and swelled up. Mum brought Ben to the doctors, and he eventually returned home to his family and friends. The story is narrated with dialogue, songs, and onomatopoeia.

Bee Sting! is a simple narrative story. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the illustrative text, change in font styles, information, layout, and design. There is an infographic at the end of the book outlining the parts of a narrative including the who, where, when, problem, and solution. An activity on drawing their own visual map of a narrative is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (spaceman/spacemen), homonyms (heard/herd), synonyms (large/big), antonyms (full/empty), and similes. Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Ben’s eyelid) and apostrophes within contractions (sting’s). Focus on long and short vowel a and discuss suffix ed (puffed), base words (injection), prefix dis (disappeared), and silent letters (frightened).

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