The Island of Wingo

The Island of Wingo is a fictional brochure advertising The Island of Wingo. The brochure describes how to get to the island, the free, the tree species and animals on the island, the weather, accommodations, the Wild Life tour, and the general atmosphere. The story includes text features like a map, illustrative text, and captions.

The Island of Wingo is designed to be a full brochure where each page discusses a different part of the brochure. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text by visually showing what the brochure is talking about. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the graphics, style, font, and text highlighters as well as the information, layout, and design of the brochure. There is an infographic at the end of the story outlining the purpose and procedures for designing a brochure. An activity on designing a brochure of a place they visited is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as nouns (wings), verbs (cook), and singular/plural (wing/wings). Opportunities arise to discuss dashes, nuggets, colons, and apostrophes within contractions (o’clock). Focus on short and long vowel i, the prefix para (parachute), and base words (sparkling).

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