Before Reading
- Look at the front cover. The title is Jorn's Magnificent Imagination. The author is Coral Vass and the illustrator is Nicky Johnston
- How does Jorn use his imagination? What sort of people create things with pencils, rulers and a compass?
- Ask, what is an engineer? What is a scientist? What is a mathematician? What is an architect / designer? How might all these professions / skills work together when building a structure? What are the different types of engineers?
- Look at the cover of Jørn’s Magnificent Imagination. What do you notice? What does it make you wonder? What do you think this story might be about? How does it make you feel?
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Watch the video to the left. It is about a very iconic and well-known building in Sydney, The Sydney Opera House. Just imagine the work and the creativity needed to come up with an amazing building like this! Now read and enjoy this week's book.
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Reading and Discussing
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