

'The boys devoured the red tomato soup.'
Can you think of an effective opener for this sentence?
'________________ the splintered door slammed open and a bearded man blustered into the village hall.'

![]() We have been enjoying shared reading of Michael Morpurgo’s Second World War novel ‘Friend or Foe’ - the story of two friends, David and Tucky, who are evacuated to Devon from London. Some of us read the characters’ dialogue and some of us read the narrative. In our shared reading sessions, we have been discussing the novel’s plot, setting, characters and themes. ![]() We have also analysed Morpurgo’s language style and use of VCOP - Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation. Can you think of a 'WOW' word to replace the underlined word from Morpurgo's text below?: 'The boys devoured the red tomato soup.' Can you think of an effective opener for this sentence? '________________ the splintered door slammed open and a bearded man blustered into the village hall.' ![]() We took part in a 'hotseating' activity where the children in the hotseat adopted the roles of characters from the novel ‘Friend or Foe’. William and Bethany adopted the personas of David and Mr. Reynolds. They had to empathise with these characters, speaking in role and thinking about the novel’s events from their point of view. We aimed to ask ‘David’ and ‘Mr. Reynolds’ open questions to which they could give extended answers.
2 Comments
Morgan Wheeler
9/17/2013 03:47:04 am
I like friend or foe it's an amazing book!!!
Reply
Mr. Evans
9/17/2013 04:21:45 am
I agree with you Morgan. It's one of my favourites.
Reply
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply. |
J11 - Blog
|
|
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
December 2017
November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017
January 2017
December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
September 2016
January 2016
December 2015
October 2015
September 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2015
December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
March 2012