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Hi there, a year 5/6/ teacher here looking at an author to study whilst comparing two of his/her texts.
Anyone had any success with this unit??? Ideas greatly appreciated I had a thought of Michael Morpurgo but not sure whether that is a transition text :s

 

Hi there, a year 5/6/ teacher here looking at an author to study whilst comparing two of his/her texts.
Anyone had any success with this unit??? Ideas greatly appreciated I had a thought of Michael Morpurgo but not sure whether that is a transition text :s

 

I have to teach the same unit after Christmas. Here were some initial ideas I thought of or stumbled across online.

Roald Dahl (enormous croc, twits etc)-possibly been done to death and children may be overly familiar with texts. However, there are very obvious themes. Do you want to stick with what you know?

Louis Sachar-Holes, There's a Boy in the Girls Toilet and Dogs cannot tell jokes. If you read synopsis for each I think these would get the boys on side and provide many themes to discuss but quite lengthy texts.

Michael Foreman-War Boy, War Game would fit brilliantly with WW2 topic.

Anne Fine-The Diary Of A Killer Cat, Bills New Frock, How To Write Really Badly, The Worst Child I Ever Had, Eating Things On Sticks ( Some of these are recent releases and I think would appeal to most children as there is alot of humour).

Michael Morpurgo- Why The Whales Came, The Butterfly Lion, Cool, The Amazing Story Of Adolphus Tips, The Wreck Of The Zanzibar.

Anthony Browne-very basic texts and possibly too young. Great for LA but would not extend HA.

Hope that was of some help.
Merry Christmas
Sarah