In the book All Aboard, Grandpa’s boat, The Queen of Spain, lies unused on his front lawn. The boat hasn’t completed its final sea voyage, however, as Kate and her friends take it on a magnificent journey to Spain. This is a lively and imaginative poetic text.
This text supports the comprehension strategies of identifying the main ideas, visualising, and using illustrations to understand text.
Text Featuresthe theme of co-operation and working together for enjoyment the importance of dreaming and using your imaginationthe unnamed, first-person narratorthe use of dialogue to drive the narrativethe -ing word ending – coming, moving, swishing, splashing, barking, cookingthe contractions – they’re, we’re, I’ll, there’sthe descriptive language to create images in the reader’s mind and enhance the storythe compound words – Grandpa, lookoutthe exclamation marks for emphasisthe imperative verbs – look, listenthe use of rhyme – Spain, againthe content wordsthe action verbs – beat, whipsthe simile – the sea is like a dangerous monsterthe blends – oa, ai, ee, st, sl, sp.
Themes covered in this book are: Adventure, Personal change, Leisure and RecreationReading Level:12-14 (Green)
