Out of this World: Arkies - Planet of Secrets (Zone 1) by Sally Odgers (author) and Georgina Thomas (illustrator)

Manga-styled graphic and illustrated novels with exciting sci-fi plots to engage even the most reluctant readers. Each of the three series is split across four ability levels and follows a different group of characters as they explore outer space.

High action plots engage even the most reluctant readers
Mixture of boys and girls as the main protagonists
Character profiles and glossaries and short writing tasks
Everything you need to write your own graphic novel.
A planet with horses… and clover? Human beings have been here before. But are they still around? And are they friend or foe?

Product Details

Series

Out of this World

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407101071

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

February 2nd, 2009

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 2.6; Lower years; 0.5 points

Other details

32 pages

Condition

New

Part of this Series

Out of this World

Activities & resources

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Structure

Out of this World

Out of this World is a series of manga-style graphic and illustrated sci-fi novels supported with software to write your own graphic novel.

The series is perfect for reluctant readers and writers in Years 4–6 and is divided into four Zones (levels). At each Zone there are:

Six manga-style graphic or illustrated sci-fi adventure novels
A teacher’s resource book with activities and plot summaries
A CD-ROM with templates and artwork for writing a new adventure.

Out of this World Teacher Resource Books

Each Zone (level) is supported with a wealth of notes, activities and the software and artwork to write you own graphic. Within each Teacher Resource Book you’ll find:

Plot summaries for each story
Reading and writing activities for each story
Photocopiable pages
Detailed guidance on using the CD-ROM

Interactive resources supplied on the CD-ROM are:

Artwork from the book and graphic novel templates to help the children write their own story
Covers and logos to create a cover for their book
Character cards
Quick writing activities – for example, ‘What happened next?’ and image-only versions of spreads from the books to allow the children to write their own versions.

Children’s Books

There are three strands of Out of this World novels:

The Arkies
Halycrus
Space Sports

Each strand follows a different set of sci-fi characters and aliens as they explore and colonise distant planets.

The novels in each strand are published at four Zones (levels), with two novels at each Zone:

Zone 1 (Graphic novels; 32pp; interest level Years 4–5)
Zone 2 (Graphic novels 40pp; interest level Years 4–5)
Zone 3 (Graphic novels 48pp; interest level Years 5–6)
Zone 4 (Illustrated novels; 64pp; interest level Years 5–6) Each series has a different set of characters and aliens and a different style of artwork.

We can supply each children’s title as a pack of 6 or as a single purchase.

We can also supply the books for each zone as:

Zone starter pack: one copy of each novel at that Zone plus the accompanying teacher’s resource book
Zone class pack: six copies of each novel at that Zone book plus one copy of the accompanying teacher’s resource book