Cloud Busting: Puffin Poetry

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Prepare children for the key themes of the story by discussing their ideas of belonging and times when they have felt the need to conform. Warm thinking up with open questions such as, “Is it important to fit in?” and “Do we all see things in the same way?” Have children think about other stories from books, television and film where “difference” defines a character and marks them out for bullying, for greatness, or maybe both. Working with the text This story shows how important it is for people to have friends who care about them even if those friends have different beliefs than yours do—and what happens when those friendships don't work out because of something else. Having delved into his conscience, recreate the scene with Sam, Alex and Davey in simple freeze-frame, and have children suggest the thoughts going through each character’s mind. Take suggestions, too, on body language for each boy at that dreadful moment.

This text follows the relationship of Sam and Davey, where they have a complex friendship. The text considers themes such as friendship and kindness, but also of bullying. It also considers issues such as allergies and could help children to recognise the seriousness of allergies and also raise awareness on what to do if someone suffers from a reaction, as I feel there will always be at least one child in a school who may require an epi-pen. The novel won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Silver Award [1] and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. [2] Plot [ edit ] Sam makes an almost lethal mistake, and then regrets it. What does he learn? Why are mistakes important? I wonder how it feels to be so full of light, so full of joy, and yet so small when compared to the sky. Many scenes in the book lend themselves to exploration through dramatic reconstruction, or even just freeze-framing. Try a conscience corridor/ decision alley to examine Sam’s decision not to chase after Davey in Chapter 11:urn:lcp:cloudbusting0000blac:epub:69683768-31ba-4f13-b675-c42999251909 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier cloudbusting0000blac Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3d05kf1k Invoice 1652 Isbn 0385607962 Lccn 2005391209 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-beta-20210815 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.8795 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-2000057 Openlibrary_edition In conclusion… Cloud Busting describes a life-changing experience, and could be a life-changing book. Questions that will be worthy of deeper discussion may include:

drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence This chapter not only exemplifies Haiku; it even explains the five – seven –five syllable pattern, “a pure, paced rhythm…....so let your mind soar.” Sam’s Haiku for Davey is powerful partly because it is so simple: compacted, concentrated emotion. First allow children to talk about people, pets or experiences that they love or have loved; support their development of content, then help with vocabulary choices that will meet the syllable requirement of a Haiku. Cloud Busting is a story about Dave who is a new student in the school who stays few doors away from Sam’s house and Sam who is a bully. It is a well-written, easy-to-read tale written in poetic form. It is a story about friendship, emotions, love, and bullying and peer pressure. I found the characters very believable, especially Dave and Sam themselves. They're not perfect but they're still likable characters who are easy to relate to on some level—even if you don't identify with them 100%.increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths, legends and traditional stories, modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage, and books from other cultures and traditions discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader The poetry style of the book takes you by surprise at the beginning and offers a different structure to the story and really breaks the chapters down into different almost unique stories of their own. I think this alternative style of story structure just makes the book even more special. My favourite part of the book is when we get to really experience the way that Davey sees the world through the intense descriptions he offers to Sam, this progresses throughout the book and allows us to experience this alternate perception of reality along with them.

Davey and Sam should have gone to the park to go Cloud Busting together and become best friends again, this time not in secret. continuing to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks Davey’s capacity to perceive the world in a multi-sensory way is one of the talents he passes to Sam. For example, favourite food becomes “…daydreams in your mouth…Or wishes down your throat…” Discuss everyday items and experiences, or use photos of familiar places, and help children develop their use of metaphor by exploring senses and linking one positive idea with another: a delicious taste is wonderful, as are star beams, so favourite food could become “star beams on your tongue”. You can’t taste a star beam; you see it – the effect is achieved by mixing sensory experiences, and it takes a great deal of imagination. As Sam finds, it’s hard at first, but improves with exercise.What actually happened was Sam Cloud Busting alone. Davey, telling no one, slipped away and left Sam alone thinking hard.