Making the most of Authors – October 2005
Scheme of Work – Anthony Browne
Books the scheme is based around
Piggybook
Gorilla
The Tunnel
Angle
Relationships
Opportunities for reading(T2, T4, T5) / Group reading – read the books and the children to give a synopsis of the story
Read the books to them – picking out literal questions to show comprehension
Guided reading – Buddy questions – children to ask each other a question about the text and one about the illustrations
Children to look for evidence to support their observations.
Think about these in all of the books – Likes - Dislikes - Puzzles - Patterns
Can they ask a question that reads between the lines? Can they ask a question that reads beyond the lines? Can they ask a question that reads in the lines?
Biography/Autobiography / Children to research the author – Anthony Browne – focusing around these questions.
What skills has he developed in his life?
What does the title mean?
Who was important to him in his early life?
An opportunity for the children to include ICT in Literacy – internet searches, presentations on the author (Multimedia ICT Y6 6a)
Link discussion to the angle of the study – what can the children identify as the most important relationships in his life?
Fiction / The Tunnel – tell the story from the viewpoint of the boy or girl (T6)
Write a summary of the book (T8)
Piggybook – write a play script (T9)
Link to drama/S&L/Role play
Poetry / Focus of relationships – would need to find and explore this section
Non-fiction / Piggybook – discursive writing – from Mum to the children
- Persuasion – from children to Mum – persuading her to come home.
The Tunnel – Journalistic reports (T15)
Piggybook – interview Dad – hot seating
CV – (T14)
Cross curricular links / PSCHE – relationships
ICT – presenting and editing work
Multimedia presentation
Art – People in action
DT – slippers – make slippers for Dad
PE – Dance
Music – mood music
- songwriter
Opening experience / Pictures – peoples expressions – how would they interact as a family
Trust activities – in partners, how far do they go trusting their partner – leading round the room blindfolded, falling back to be caught etc...
Change – become a different person, make up, change clothes
Final experience / Assembly
Presentation to other year group – the children read out the books, then do their acting out, then the other year group then hot seat the children and they ask questions about the books.
Reading comprehension / Ask the questions again that they asked at the beginning – how much more do they know about the books? How much better is their understanding?
Talk about the themes - the colour red, link that to feelings.
Miss. H. Moon Grangefield School