UEL Primary PGCE 2013-14 discussion
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Book Review 6: Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet & Allan Ahlberghttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Oh...here's my first three reviews!Book Review 1 : Oh, the Places You'll Go!
by Dr. Seuss
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Book Review 2 : Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #1)
by Garth Nix
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Book Review 3 : George's Marvelous Medicine
by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
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Duck says Don’t!By Alison Ritchie and Hannah George
Goose has gone on holiday and left Duck in charge to look after her pond. Duck is a bit too enthusiastic about having been put in charge, “No splashing! … No fishing!” he quacks. He puts up signs everywhere which makes his friends angry and they begin to leave the pond to play in the meadow. He is sad that his friends have left, and after realising he has been a bossy duck and puts up new signs apologising and asking his friends, the dragonflies, frogs and the kingfisher, to come back.
I would suggest that the suitable age range is Key Stage One because the book is humorous, expressive and easy to read as there are only two sentences per page. I would suggest reading this to the whole class as well as leaving it in the book corner for independent reading. The book makes use of lots of exclamations and exciting vocabulary, with the exclamations in a bigger font so children could start to give the character of the duck a different voice. The book uses lots of onomatopoeia, repetition and alliteration to capture the attention of a child. There are lots of lovely colourful and eye-catching illustrations which I think children would love to look at.
It is clear that this story encourages children to not be bossy and to share with others. This is really important and encourages children to get along with each other and discourages bossiness.
Duck says don’t!By Alison Ritchie and Hannah George
Goose has gone on holiday and left Duck in charge to look after her pond. Duck is a bit too enthusiastic about having been put in charge, “No splashing! … No fishing!” he quacks. He puts up signs everywhere which makes his friends angry and they begin to leave the pond to play in the meadow. He is sad that his friends have left, and after realising he has been a bossy duck and puts up new signs apologising and asking his friends, the dragonflies, frogs and the kingfisher, to come back.
I would suggest that the suitable age range is Key Stage One because the book is humorous, expressive and easy to read as there are only two sentences per page. I would suggest reading this to the whole class as well as leaving it in the book corner for independent reading. The book makes use of lots of exclamations and exciting vocabulary, with the exclamations in a bigger font so children could start to give the character of the duck a different voice. The book uses lots of onomatopoeia, repetition and alliteration to capture the attention of a child. There are lots of lovely colourful and eye-catching illustrations which I think children would love to look at.
It is clear that this story encourages children to not be bossy and to share with others. This is really important and encourages children to get along with each other and discourages bossiness.
Beauty and the BeastBy Ursula Jones, illustrated by Sarah Gibb
Beauty is a young girl who has two sisters and a father. Throughout the book, her two sisters are very jealous of her; her father is a rich merchant who lost his fortune and had to move out of the city and into the countryside. Beauty and the merchant became farmers and the sisters stayed together and searched for their princes in the forests, to no avail. The merchant found a ship that had come into the harbour so set out for the city at once and promised Beauty a rose. He came back from the city very poor after paying off his debts and rode through the forest in a blizzard on a horse. The merchant stumbled into a house which belonged to the beast. As he left the house, he picked up a rose for Beauty and the beast emerged. He threatens that either him or his daughter are to be killed. Beauty agreed to be killed by the Beast. Her sisters pretended to be upset about her being eaten by the Beast. The merchant and Beauty went back to see the Beast and had dinner with him together. The Beast ordered the merchant to return home and for Beauty to go upstairs to bed. Beauty had everything she wanted, she became the queen of the mansion. In the room was a mirror to which she could see her family through. Her sisters were not crying, her father was. Every nine o’clock, the Beauty met the Beast and they had supper together. Every night, he would ask Beauty ‘Beauty, will you be my wife?’ She always responded no. Beauty asked the Beast if she could go home to see her father for one week. He was very happy to see her, her sisters tried on her clothes but ended up in silly knickers. Her sisters plotted to pretend to be sad so she never had to return, breaking the Beasts promise. Beauty dreamed the Beast was dying and woke up in a panic. She remembered the Beast saying without her he would die of grief. She rushed back to see him, he was in the garden dying. She threw her arms around him, told him she loved him and that she wanted to be his wife. The Beast turned into a handsome Prince and fireworks exploded over the garden. He explained that she broke the spell.
I think that this book is suitable for children in Year 4/Year 5 because it contains a lot of adventurous vocabulary and is a challenge to read as there is a lot of writing on each page. I would recommend this book to be used in guided reading as there is a lot of punctuation and many different types of sentences are used. The illustrations are lovely and imaginative, telling the story as book goes on.
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By Ursula Jones, illustrated by Sarah Gibb
Beauty is a young girl who has two sisters and a father. Throughout the book, her two sisters are very jealous of her; her father is..." We'll talk when we're back at UEL and I'll show you how to post reviews, Esther.
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Ruby Nettleship and iceicelollylolly adventure by Thomas and Helen Docherty https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
UEL Primary PGCE 2013-14
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