This Morning I Met a Whale

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Asking pupils to think about some of the words that younger children might find challenging and then writing a glossary to help them understand the book will help them reflect on their own comprehension and to practise communicating the meaning of words. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-06-19 05:01:42 Associated-names Birmingham, Christian Boxid IA1847124 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier We have teamed up with Voice 21 to create a project to prepare pupils for their transition to secondary school and the next chapter of their educational journey. Pupils heading to Year 7 need growing confidence, strong language skills and the ability to express themselves, to develop their thinking skills and to communicate effectively.

Let there be half an hour of storytime at the end of the day in primary schools up and down the country. Make this the half hour they all long for, that they don’t want to be over. Let the children go home dreaming of the story, reliving it, wondering.” This book is another masterpiece written by Michael Morpurgo. Beautifully written and illustrated. Based on a real life event about a whale visiting the Thames in 2006. This book is a great read with a beautiful story that makes people think creatively.Explore the spark of an idea in starting the writing process, map out your poetry project in your local area and create an inspiration scrapbook with this free PDF of classroom ideas. In my first year teaching, I adopted the same approach with Kensuke’s Kingdom, my class howling when we had to stop each day at home time. A fictional story based on the actual event of a whale being found on the River Thames in 2006. A beautiful (and sad) story of a boy who discovers the whale who tells him the story of how people are killing the world, and then goes on to pass on this message in his classroom. The story is beautifully written and full of description which draws you in, whilst relaying a really important message. I think it would be a great way to start conversations with children and start creative writing about the environment by asking questions such as;

James Clements, education writer and former primary teacher, shares ideas for celebrating the master storyteller this February… As well as terrific writing, this book gives older children the chance to explore narrative structure, using the device of a character telling another story. This is a really useful resources, thank you for sharing. I wonder if you could change the capital letters to lower case though as only the proper nouns need them. Inspire KS2 pupils to write their own story using a classic tale to raise awareness of an issue that matters to them, with advice from Sir Michael Morpurgo himself. Wow. This is a really beautiful, touching, and sad book that really gets you thinking. It was beautifully written and the story was amazing. It has a really good moral, also. I loved reading this.Pupils could try to write their own story-within-a-story, based on another myth or legend they know. Pinocchio by Pinocchio The class can then choose another setting – the desert, the tundra – and use the same techniques to create the feeling of being there. Animal adventures The Butterfly Lion These KS1 activity ideas for The Butterfly Lion ask children to imagine what life would be like with a lion for a best friend.

Read as a class and imagine what it would be like to be there. Next, look carefully at how the author describes the setting. This can support children’s own development as writers.

Use Morpurgo’s tale of a boy who spies a bottlenose whale in the Thames as the centrepiece of your next Key Stage 2 storybook curriculum. Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA18117 Openlibrary_edition In this tale of the unlikely friendship between Will and Oona the elephant, Michael Morpurgo captures the setting of the Indonesian rainforest to perfection. This story of adventure, survival and friendship is a staple of the KS2 classroom. As well as being a masterclass in evocative descriptive writing, it provides an excellent opportunity for teaching narrative point of view.