In another of the classes we used the same story, but this time we used it to develop descriptive writing. The structure was very simple; sentences began with ‘There is . . .’ or ‘There are . . .’. this was a whole class effort:
The field is a wonderful place to be. There’s a happy scarecrow standing in the warmth. There’s the golden corn ripening in the summer sunshine. There are beautiful rainbow butterflies that glide and flutter and flap across the yellow meadow. There’s a sly ginger fox that hunts for its prey. There’s an adder that slithers and slides after the mice. In Winter, snow swirls and twirls from the clouds, covering everything with a soft, sparkling blanket. In Springtime, flowers blossom and hibernating creatures awake. In Summer, insects crawl and creep and hum and buzz. In the Autumn, green leaves change to orange, brown, red, yellow and gold, before they fall to the ground. I enjoy looking at the field all the seasons of the year.
Then the children wrote sentence in the same vein; I grouped them together: |
The field is a wonderful place to be. There’s a scarecrow standing in the sunshine. There are pink and blue butterflies fluttering in the warm air. There is a slimy snake slithering on the ground. In the summer, flowers bloom and dance and the bees collect pollen. I enjoy being in the field all the seasons of the year.
Jack P/Abi/Morgan G/Lauren/Rebecca. |