Classroom activities

> Caravan Kids discussion questions

1. Caravan Kids ends with the promise that the Smyth family will return to Palm Beach the following year. Ask your students to write about the adventures the family have when they return.
2. Use the Meet the Smyths BLM (PDF 1092kb) to explore the characters in Caravan Kids. Students are asked to reflect on members of the Smyth family.
3. Ask your students to complete the Then and now BLM (PDF 883kb). In this activity, students illustrate how beach holidays have changed since 1957.
4. On page 58 of Caravan Kids, the text states: 'There was a lot to say about their holiday as they headed home.' Divide your students into groups of five. Ask each group to write a script for a conversation that the Smyth family may have had as they drove home. Group members should then each take a role and perform their conversation for the class.
5. Encourage your students to create a diorama of Palm Beach during the Smyth family's holiday.
6. Students may like to research Enid Blyton and select one of her adventure stories to read.
7. Students can complete an engaging interactive activity about the pink caravan featured in the story by clicking on the interactive below.

> Interactive on the Pink Caravan
(requires Flash version 8, see link below)
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