Week 8
21-25 March
The Greatest Library
Story Starter
The books had minds of their own…
This was no ordinary library.
Books about knights and castles would gallop all over the library, bravely and boldly ordering the other books around. The books about thieves would sneak around, lurking behind bookshelves in the shadows. Books about wild animals would occasionally roar and bite other books. The ones containing stories set in the winter would often shiver, covering their neighbours with snow and frost.
Lucy loved this place like no other. Reading was the most exciting thing in the world here; everything she read seemed to come alive out of the pages…
Continue this story.
Questions to Get you Started
How is this library different from a normal library?
What are your favourite types of books?
If you could choose for one of your books to come alive, which one would it be and why?
If you could be a character in a book, who would you like to be?
If you were to borrow every single book from your local library, would it still be a library?
In your opinion, what makes a good book? Write a list of your top three favourite authors.
Crash
Story Starter
Lawrence was injured, afraid, lost and completely alone. He had been thrown viciously from the aircraft after the flock of birds had attacked the propellers.
As he lay there, listening to his racing heart, he wondered what would happen to him.
How would he make it out alive?
Continue the story.
Questions to Get you Started
How has the helicopter crashed?
What do you think he should try to do next?
Who might be able to help in this situation?
What do you think you would do if you were in a similar situation?
Why do you think he is afraid?
What might he be afraid of?
TALK: Talk with your whanau about the questions, and what you notice and wonder about the image. Decide if you want to use the story starter, or come up with your own ideas about the image.
PLAN: before you write. Choose a planning type:
Draw a picture plan. Add labels and keywords to your plan.
Brainstorm all of your ideas. Circle your best 3 and add extra details to each of these.
WRITE: Use your plan to write about the image.
CHECK: After writing, re-read it and...
Check for capital letters and full stops.
Underline any words you are unsure of and ask a whanau member to help you fix them.
Improve your writing by upgrading words or sentences to make your writing even better than it already is!