A Maxine and Minnie storybook - 1 Family Fruit - Family tree activity

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A playful school history lesson becomes a heartfelt family tree project for Maxine and Minnie. During playground talk about making trees, their teacher explains family trees as diagrams that trace names backward through generations. Maxine and Minnie begin drawing, discovering differences in their own families, and discuss what makes their tree look correct. The chapter ends with a plan to finish the trees at home together.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryComic

FormatPDF

Pages68

Reading Time26 min

AccessFree to download

1 Family Fruit

School history assignment and family tree concept

Maxine and Minnie begin their drawings

Discussion of family differences

Plan to finish at home

# A Maxine and Minnie storybook iehdsoleVePippaGoodhartIllustrations by Ailie Busby by Pippa Goodhart illustrated by Ailie Busby EGMONT This book is dedicated toEthan James Langand Bethany Scarlet Lang.Our precious gifts.Love,Mum and Dad First published in GreatBritain 2003by Egmont Books Limited239 Kensington High Street,London W86SA Text copyright ◎2003 Pippa GoodhartIllustration copyright C2003 Ailie Busby The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted ISBN 1405204087 10987654321 A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library Printed and bound in Great Britainby Cox &Wyman Ltd,Reading,Berkshire This paperback is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by way of tradeor otherwise,be lent,resold,hired out,or otherwise circulated without thepublisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that inwhich it is published and without a similar condition including this conditionbeing imposed on the subsequent purchaser. 1 Family fruit 1 2 A posh lady and her maid18 3 Poor orphans 4 Somebody special # 1 Family Fruit 佛 In the playground,Maxine told Minnie,'Mrs Dobbs said that we’re going tomake trees after lunch? 'You don't make trees.You grow them,said Minnie.'And it takes years andyears for them to grow big.' 'Well,this kind of tree must be quicker,said Maxine. The end of playtime bell rang andMaxine whizzed her wheelchair to get tothe door first,with Minnie running tokeep up. 'Now,said Mrs Dobbs,'as part of ourhistory work,we are going to makefamily trees. 'Told you!'whispered Maxine.ButMinnie was right too. Mrs Dobbs explained,'A family tree isa kind of diagram showing the shape ofyour family.You put your own name atthe bottom of the paper.Then you putlines reaching up to your mother's andfather's names.More lines reach up tothe names of their mothers and fathers.Do you see?"She was drawing on theboard.'As you go back in time you havemore lines and more people.That's whyit looks like a tree.' 'I think it looks more like a bush thana tree,whispered Maxine. Mrs Dobbs told them,'I want you allto draw your own family trees,back tothe time of Queen Victoria.We are going to be working on the Victoriansthis term and it will be interesting toknow about your family in those days.Victorian times were more than ahundred years ago.You'll need to askyour parents for help.See how far backyou can go.Now,Minnie,please couldyou hand everybody a clean sheet ofpaper,and then you can begin. Maxine began her family tree straightaway.She wrote Maxihe,in big boldletters at the bottom of her piece ofpaper.She added her brothers,Darreland Ben and Bobo,and her sister Sarahin slightly smaller letters beside her name.She drew a picture of herself,scribblingher hair with an orange crayon. ‘Why haven't you started yours?'sheasked Minnie. T’m thinking,said Minnie.Minniepicked up her pencil and carefully wrote Minnie,verysmall,on abottom corner ofher paper. 'That's wrong,said Maxine.'No it's not,said Minnie.'It's right for me because I've only got myMum.I haven't got a dad.? Minnie drew herself with neat straightbrown hair,and Sootica,her little blackcat,beside her 'I want you to finish off your familytrees at home,'said Mrs Dobbs. 'Shall we do ours together?'said Maxine. 'Yes.You come to my house afterschool,'said Minnie.'Mum said thatthere would be a surprise waiting when Igot home? Maxine and Minnie lived next door to

FAQs

What assignment do Maxine and Minnie receive at school?

Mrs Dobbs tells them to make family trees as part of their history work, including tracing back toward Queen Victoria.

How does Mrs Dobbs explain what a family tree is?

She explains that a family tree is a diagram showing the shape of the family, with names connected by lines across generations.

Why does Minnie think her family tree is correct even without a dad listed?

Minnie says it is right for her because she has only her mum and no dad, so her tree reflects that reality.

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