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Location Writing - Taking Literacy into the Environment
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Castles, Houses and Ancient Monuments.
Castles have immense potential for stretching children's imaginations. Prior to any visit children need to be introduced to the chosen castle by way of photographs, maps,word lists, local legends and guidebooks. Pose various questions for the children to consider both before and during the visit. For example:
° How would you capture this castle?
° How would you escape from the castle?
° Where would be the best place to set a story?
° If you were the castle ghost which part of the castle would you haunt?
° If you were locked in the castle at night, what would you do?
2.1
On the visit itself begin at the castle entrance by considering how a castle should be entered.
Lesson Five
How to Enter a Castle
Learning Objective - to write in a definite pattern and to use similes, metaphors and interesting adjectives that describe ways of moving.
Resources
A castle or ancient historic building, the poem by Brian Moses, "Entering a Castle", examples of poems written by children, jotters.
Task.
On arrival at your chosen castle, stop and look at the entrance to it. Ask questions, for example:
How should a castle be entered?
Should we go quietly,
Should we enter with a shout,
should we crawl or charge?
Ask the children to write down some different ways of moving, e.g.march,crawl,walk, barge.
Think about similes or metaphors you could add,e.g. enter quietly like a speechless child, or, noisily like roaring bear, or push and shove like a rushing wave. Back in the classroom these ideas can be used to create a poem with a definite pattern.
Children on Guernsey describing Castle Cornet wrote these examples in a definite pattern:
You can creep like an ant
Or stamp like an elephant.
you can march like a soldier
Or tiptoe like a spy.
you can push and shove like a piece of the sea.
Or you can be brave and climb the walls.
Laura.
Or stamp like an elephant.
you can march like a soldier
Or tiptoe like a spy.
you can push and shove like a piece of the sea.
Or you can be brave and climb the walls.
Laura.
You
can enter a castle crestfallen like a cheerless ant.
You can enter it quietly like a speechless mum.
You can enter noisily like a roaring bear.
You can enter a castle as if you were a wonderful magician.....
Nicola
You can enter it quietly like a speechless mum.
You can enter noisily like a roaring bear.
You can enter a castle as if you were a wonderful magician.....
Nicola
More lessons can be found in "Location Writing" by Caroline Davey and Brian Moses, ISBN 1-84312-045-3.David Fulton Publishers and Amazon UK.
Location Writing - a resource book by Brian Moses and Caroline Davey,
available from David Fulton Publishers and Amazon.
BBC Guernsey
Amazon online
Victor Hugo Trail and Activities
Occupation of Guernsey
Transport linked to Guernsey during Victorian Times.
Guernsey Grid for Learning