As part of our Year 2 literacy lessons, we have been looking at a book called The Koala Who Could and writing in response to it. The book focuses on Kevin, a koala who likes things to stay the same. But one day a worrying noise turns into an opportunity for Kevin to step outside his comfort zone and to discover that his friends were right after all - the world is a wonderful place to explore!
So far we have written a lovely description of Kevin's home in the Australian outback, and a letter from Wombat to Kevin trying to persuade him to come down.
Today we read up until Kevin hears a worrying sound and we discussed all the possibilities of what it could be. Was it a roaring bushfire or maybe an animal trapped in a net? Perhaps it was two kangaroos about to box or a chain-saw cutting the tree down? Maybe it was a stampede of animals or even a lost baby animal?
We were given different scenarios of what could happen next and we used drama to bring them to life. Each group had a narrator to read the possible story ending and the children added speech and actions to make it more interesting.
When the children had rehearsed, they performed them to the class and the teachers were so impressed! Everyone did a brilliant job, and the narrators read loudly and clearly.
Over the next couple of weeks we're going to be planning and writing our own ending to Kevin's story. What do you think the worrying sound might be?
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