The 27th Annual African Hippo Race (by Morris Lurie) Book Companion Activities

Go behind the scenes in the award-winning story as eight-year-old Edward trains for the greatest swimming marathon of all!

This pack is designed to complement the story “The 27th Annual African Hippopotamus Race” by Morris Lurie. It includes the following printables:

• Chapter Summary
• Edward Character Profile
• That’s Not Real
• A Sight To See
• Train Like Edward
• Food For Energy
• Being A Good Friend
• Interviewing Edward
• Contractions
• Idioms
• Edward’s Early Warning Signs
• Story Recount
• Edward Paper Bag Puppet
• Barney or Sebastian?
• Identifying Feelings
• Bus Description
• My Double – Decker Bus
• Book Review
• Edward’s Synonym Sort
• Hippopotamus Definition Match
• Hippopotamus Information Report
• Labelling a Hippopotamus
• All About a Hippopotamus
• Africa Mapping (US and UK/AU spelling)
• Chapter 1 – Into The River
• Chapter 2 – Six Days To Go
• Chapter 3 – The Yellow Bus
• Chapter 4 – The Mighty Zamboola
• Chapter 5 – Eighty-Four Champions
• Chapter 6 – Sebastian
• Chapter 7 – On Your Marks!
• Chapter 8 – A Dark Shape
• Chapter 9 – Over The Line
• Chapter 10 – The Champion
• Print and Play Game – Get Ready, Set, Go! (Odd and Even)
• Print and Play Game – Drying Time (Addition of two dice)

NOTE – The story is not included in this pack.