Goodness Me Mr. Magee

Goodness Me, Mr Magee! is a humorous and realistic fiction story about Mr Magee driving two fat pigs to Mrs Joe’s house. When he stopped for coffee, one pig escaped and a mouse came on. When he stopped for lunch, the other pig escaped and another mouse came on. Mrs Joe thought the pigs looked little! The story is narrated with dialogue and illustrative text.

Goodness Me, Mr Magee! 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, bold font, layout, and design. There is an exemplar of a map at the end of the book to show a route map with labels. An activity on creating a map is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (coffee), high-frequency words (put), and positional words (onto). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters for the beginning of names (Mrs Joe), full stops, commas, quotation marks, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend tr (truck) and word family ig (pig).

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