How the Robin Stole Fire Level R
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 1,594

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HOW THE ROBIN STOLE FIRE
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Book Summary
How the Robin Stole Fire is an Australian Aboriginal folktale. An old man tells a group of birds the secret of fire: Mar, the cockatoo, keeps fire under his wing. The birds decide to invite Mar to a party in order to steal his fire. But Mar leaves before they can steal it, and the birds begin to doubt the story. They first send a wren, and later a robin, after Mar. The robin steals the fire but burns his breast red. The fire gets out of control, and neither the robin nor the cockatoo owns it anymore. Fire now belongs to everyone.

Suggested Lesson Focus

Comprehension/Literary Element Strategies
Identify and discuss the authorís purpose.

Word Skills
Develop a word web to show the wider meaning of a word.

Grammar Skills
Use speech marks to correctly punctuate sentences.

Phonics Skills
List phonograms from given target words.

Targeted Vocabulary Words
dreamtime, corroboree, cockatoo