Today we started our next writing unit- a 3rd person narrative using a picture book called ‘Flood’. After exploring the front cover and blurb, we took part in a silent conversation where we explored different pictures from the story. We used the notice, feelings and action lenses to note down our ideas. After sharing these in mini crews and with the whole crew, we then used our inference skills further to tell the story from the book using the pictures. We all showed lots of empathy towards the characters in the story and were shocked by the devastating consequences of flooding. We then worked in mini crews where we watched a series of clips to build further background knowledge on floods. We thought about what floods are, why they happen, the damage they cause, why they are dangerous and how they affect peoples lives. Finally we explored a model text, exploring the features we had discussed earlier in the lesson. We used our narrative checklist to find the features and we discussed their purpose. We really loved exploring the picture book and are all looking forward to creating our own stories!
