Grandfather and Thomas is a fictional text designed for young readers of lower primary school. In the following assessment this text will be broken down in relation to the four reader roles and demonstrate how the text can support students as developing readers. Code Breaker: This text is a fictional story that uses a range of familiar and easily decodable words that students would use every day. Grandfather and Thomas is a simple but descriptive book that constantly repeats certain words throughout the text, helping young readers understand the meaning as they see the same words used for different purposes. The sentences used in the book are short and displayed in medium-sized writing which makes them easy to read. Text Participant: The book Grandfather and Thomas offers many opportunities for students to make meaning of this text. Text-to-self connections can be made by students recalling times when they went to the beach or went on a special outing with their grandfather. Bringing this text back to another Pamela Allan you...