All students will be asked to draw upon the language of affect and judgement (evaluative language), to express their evaluation of the visual techniques and articulate how they have been affected by these techniques. Word lists could be generated for students needing support and access to a thesaurus will be important. Have I ever read a more politically timely picture book? You may well ask! The answer would be probably not! LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Lesson 6. Using the visual to create a counter text: Modelling, joint construction and independent construction

Assessing Prior Knowledge: The children will think, pair, share with a partner about what Ireland was like in the Early Christian times before the invasion of the Vikings. Guided Audio Tour: The class will close their eyes. The teacher will describe a picture of what a typical Irish settlement would have looked like at this time. The children will try to form a picture in their heads of what it would have been like. Compare and contrast their first drawing with their second drawing. The Island by Armin Greder: Originally published in 2002 in German, and winner of multiple German and French book awards, Armin Greder's The Island is now available in English. While this picture book might be disturbing for the very young, it is an allegory that can be appreciated by all ages (the publisher indicates 8-18). It only takes a few minutes to read, but leaves you contemplating its implications and greater meanings. I couldn’t agree more with your comments about this book. I’ve just interviewed Armin and thought you might be interested: http://www.playingbythebook.net/2016/05/10/an-interview-with-armin-greder/

And then they set fire to the fisherman’s boat, because he had made them help the man. Some people agreed with the fisherman but the others were louder. They never again wanted to eat fish from the sea that had brought them the stranger. A man, drawn naked and therefore appears to be vulnerable, washes up on the island and the people there are worried. However, they take him in, placing him in a goat pen and neglecting to feed them, yet still think they have done him a kindness. When they realise that they need to provide food for him they are outraged and decide to remove him from the island and punish the fisherman who convinced everyone else to help the man. They then build a wall around the island to prevent outsiders from ever finding them again. Links to the Victorian Curriculum – English as an Additional Language (EAL) Pathway B Reading and viewing My friend Alex passed me this book today and told me to read it, she also told me to emotionally prepare myself. I took the book over to my desk, sat down and did as she instructed. This was about twelve hours ago and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this story since.

Supporting students’ phonological awareness and phonics using the Response to Intervention (RTI) model Students needing support may benefit from exploring or creating a range of images, which focus on the visual techniques examined in this lesson - colour, image size, the use of white spaces and perspective.Text analyst: The text is interrogated to examine the use of certain visual techniques, which can be explored when considering the illustrator's purpose. Group size This step can provide anecdotal information, as the teacher roves and asks students what effect they are trying to achieve and how they aim to achieve it. Students' use of metalanguage should also be noted. Differentiation Please go out and buy this book! Buy it for your children, your friends, parents, sisters, brothers, cousins, buy it for strangers! Books have the power to mend minds and hearts, and with the utmost sincerity, hand on my heart, I know they can mend the world too. Compare and Contrast: Children fold an a4 paper in half. On one side they draw what they think pre-viking Ireland would have looked like. What would the building have been like? What about clothes etc.

Actively listen and extract meaning and enjoyment from conversations and texts in a range of genres and where possible, in various languages. These Islanders have being very un accepting of the Stranger by not giving a proper house or shelter “They took him to the uninhabited part of The Island” or “To a goat pen that had been empty …show more content… One morning, the people of the island found a man on the beach, where fate and ocean currents had washed his raft ashore. When he saw them coming, he stood up.’ This is the story of the criminal treatment of asylum seekers and refugees by our “modern” and “civilized” countries. Told as a simple, moving allegory it challenges all of us to embrace compassion and speak up. Our fears, the author says, are normal. It’s what we do after that which defines our humanity. Although the Islanders take the man 'in', they are unwilling to share their own resources and jobs, making the selfish nature of the people all the more prevalent. This can be seen as drawing a striking parallel with some attitudes shown towards refugees and migrants within the UK. Therefore, this is a critical text that should be used to consolidate a welcoming ethos within schools and towards different cultures and communities, so that they can prevent becoming 'The Island'Welcome guide, description, letter of advice, analysis, comparison, diary entry in role, imagined conversation Main Outcome: Engage with a diverse range of texts that reflect a variety of cultural beliefs, practices and views Recognise themselves as listeners and speakers, engaging purposefully and empathetically with others.

Discuss texts with some understanding of meaning beyond the literal level, moving towards the inferential level There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root. Coverage: Word List WordsDirect Teaching: The teacher will explain that Ireland was a very different place in the Early Christian times. Using PowerPoint, the class will discuss what life was like for normal people during this time. Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing - There is so much depth to this picture book! From the hauntingly memorable charcoal illustrations Greder is able to speak a thousand words. His depiction of the washed up man as naked, slender and hairless contrasts dramatically to the full-bodied, clothed people of the island. I think it’s clear what Greder was trying to convey through his choices to illustrate his characters as such, wealth, culture and history all playing their part in the construction of attitudes towards difference. I keep asking myself if there was a reason for why the washed up man is depicted as fair-skinned. I haven’t come up with an answer to this which I’m completely happy with yet, but I suppose this choice proposes the idea that hatred is evolving. Read into that what you will. Students go outside and sketch tall structures from different perspectives, or use a device to take photos. Discuss how illustrators can capitalise on perspective to highlight positions of power and serve to position the viewer as comparatively small.