Created for Book Week 2026
Celebrate Dear Broccoli by Jo Dabrowski and Cate James with this cross-curricular activity pack, designed to inspire humour, persuasive writing and healthy food choices in primary classrooms.
This resource is packed with craft, literacy and maths activities inspired by Frank's letter-writing feud with his least favourite vegetable. Perfect for planning a whole-day Symphony of Stories experience or weaving into your Book Week celebrations!
What's included:
Book Craft
3D Broccoli Letter Craft - students colour, cut and fold a 3D triangular prism letter, complete with a Broccoli character holding a pencil, and can write their own short note from Broccoli (colour and black & white versions included)
Differentiated Literacy Activities
Open-ended writing prompts - respond to prompts inspired by the story's letters, persuasion and changing friendships, with matching lined writing templates
Broccoli's fancy words - find Broccoli's fancy words in the story, then write definitions, synonyms and original sentences
Hyperbole - match examples of hyperbole to the correct picture, then draw or write original examples
Letter writing - continue the story by writing a letter to Carrot or another vegetable
Persuasive writing: you need to try... - use persuasive skills (and optionally the OREO structure) to convince a reluctant eater to try a disliked food
Differentiated Mathematics Activities
Sprinkle combinations - work out combinations of 2, combinations of 3, and mixed combination questions using ice-cream sprinkles
Data: unpopular vegetables - survey classmates on the most unpopular vegetable and graph the results
Exploring 1 kilogram - explore the mass of items lighter than, about, or heavier than 1kg, with an extension reading kitchen scales
Design Activities
Design a poster - advertise the benefits of broccoli (or another misunderstood vegetable) for a fruit shop display
Stationery designs - design the perfect stationery for Frank and/or Broccoli to write their letters on
Perfect dinner plate - draw and explain your own perfect dinner
Want it all?
Grab the matching Dear Broccoli slide deck to bring the story to life. Includes writing prompts and maths tasks (linked to the worksheets), as well as additional design prompts.
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