• Duchess Breaks Bad cover, a three comic activity pack containing The Arvo Coffee, The Sicky and The Speeding Ticket
  • Colour and learn pages from Duchess Breaks Bad, black and white comics to colour in alongside three levels of meaning questions
  • Three levels of meaning question page from Duchess Breaks Bad, with literal, inferential and evaluative questions that build writing and comprehension skills
  • Sample pages from inside Duchess Breaks Bad, showing comics and question pages from the 16 page pack
  • Learn with Duchess and Bruno, showing Duchess Breaks Bad pages with a prompt to find more activity packs
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Duchess Breaks Bad

Duchess Breaks Bad

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Format

An arvo coffee. A sickie. A speeding ticket with somebody else's name on it.

Three comics in which Duchess commits three very small crimes and is caught, in order, by caffeine, the beach, and Bruno.

The three comics

  • The Arvo Coffee - Duchess's love of coffee teaches her a lesson she won't forget in a hurry.
  • The Sickie - a strategically timed illness, a suspiciously sunny day at the beach.
  • The Speeding Ticket - Bruno gets a fine in the post. Bruno was not driving.

What's inside

  • All three comics in colour and black-and-white
  • Question sheets that work through each story properly
  • Blank comic panels so they can draw their own
  • Full answer sheets, plus a guide explaining the three levels of questioning
  • 16 pages

The questions do more than they look like they do

Each comic is followed by three kinds of question: find it in the story, work out what wasn't said, and then decide what you think about it. Literal, inferential, evaluative - none of which appears anywhere on the page. As far as your reader is concerned, they're just arguing about a comic.

Who it's for

Ages 7 to 12. The most Australian pack in the set, and the one most likely to be read twice.

What you'll receive

Printed Booklet - a 16-page booklet posted to your door from the Gold Coast.
Digital Only - the same 16 pages as an instant download, yours to print as often as you need.

Curriculum alignment

Australia (ACARA, English Years 4-6) - comprehension of literal and implied meaning; analysis of characters, events and ideas; creating literary texts; understanding how visual features make meaning; discussing texts and expressing opinions.

United Kingdom (Key Stage 2) - drawing inferences about characters' feelings, thoughts and motives; predicting from stated and implied detail; planning and developing creative writing.

United States (Common Core, Grades 4-6) - RL.4.1-6.1 drawing evidence to support inference; RL.4.3-6.3 describing characters and events; RL.4.7-6.7 analysing visual elements; W.4.3-6.3 narrative writing.

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