Zapped! Chapter 1: The Project
This is the first chapter of a humorous science-fiction story designed to “hook” year 3 students into reading chapter books by themselves.
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Series: Junior Journal 52 Level 2 2016
Category: Fiction
Zapped! Chapter 1 - The Project
Words by Renata Hopkins
Illustrations by Scott Pearson
In this chapter, twins Ana and Tai build a robot for a school project. Overnight, the robot gets “zapped” by lightning and comes to life, creating all kinds of problems! The chapter ends with the story hanging in suspense – and with an expectation of more trouble to follow.
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