Chapter Chat Novel - The Explorer

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Room 18 are enthralled in our Chapter Chat book - The Explorer by Katherine Rundell.  It is about 4 children whose plane crashes into the remote Amazon jungle.  Fred, Lila, Con and Max are all learning to survive.  Every week, we have activities to complete related to our novel.  This week, one of the tasks was to create a fishing spear and work out the best way to spear a fish.  Room 18 are pretty chuffed with their spears. In what ways can you spear a fish?  

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