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Possible Written Outcomes or Incidental Writing Opportunities
·  Sequel to story with different creatures in the walls
·  Persuasive text - Lucy trying to convince her family that there are wolves/different animals in the walls
·  Sentence sequence based on model in book of different places to live
·  Postcard from one of the suggested places in book or from additional ideas
·  New blurb for book which gives clues about the story
·  Alternative scenario following the point where Lucy has returned to the house and is about to be discovered by the wolves
·  Retell story from the point of view of pig-puppet
·  Newspaper report on the family being forced to leave their home by wolves or wolves rightfully winning back their home (bias)
·  Letter from wolf to mother about life in the walls / KS2
/ 1. Responding to the Text
·  Visual Literacy: use the picture on the front cover – what could this be about?
·  Book talk: read sections of story and discuss illustrations
·  Book talk: what do you like or not like about the book?
·  Book talk: have you any questions about the story? Does it remind you of anything?
·  Writer talk: find all the verbs that can be linked to fear. How are they used to build tension?
·  Writer talk: what techniques has the writer used? What is their effect? (Repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia, expanded noun phrases, specific verbs and adjectives)
·  Writer talk: use selected pages and look at how the writer has used different fonts, text size, colour and bold for different aspects - family/wolves, dialogue/action/description. What is the impact?
·  Read pages from the text aloud, changing volume, tone and expression in line with the font type and content
Hook
·  Torn note from Lucy asking for help
·  Wallpaper with eyeholes cut out stuck round the room
2. Capturing Ideas
·  Create a soundscape for the noises inside the walls
·  Consider other places the family could live in and add possible information/details
·  Develop possible alternative scenarios for what happens when Lucy is about to be discovered by the wolves
·  Hot seat a wolf
·  Interview family member/s/wolf
·  Create plan for alternative animal in the walls:
-sounds made, focusing on using verbs as nouns
-family reactions
-what animals might do when they invade the house / Sentence Games (use throughout unit)
·  List poem - In the walls l heard… ( verbs used as nouns and expanded noun phrases
·  Complex sentence game
·  Improve a sentence based on picture and sentence from book- focus on the grammatical elements that need consolidation or review / 3. Contextualised Grammar Teaching
·  Time adverbs
·  Adverbs for opposition
·  Collective nouns
·  Plural possession
·  Expanded noun phrases

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