09 Jan DARK TOWER
Who is this man? Where has he come from? What does his clothing tell you about his character? Do you think he is a good or bad character? Why? What is he doing? Is the bird friendly or is it going to attack him? ...
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03 Dec KEEP OUT
What is this place? Where is it? Why is the picture called 'Keep Out'? What is the building for? Who broke the fence? Who do you think the people are? Where have they come from? Credit: Tyler Carter www.tycarter.com Download as doc or pdf...
15 Nov DRIFTING AWAY
What can you see inside the bottle? What is that place? Is it a miniature village inside an ordinary-sized bottle, or an ordinary-sized village inside a giant bottle? Has it always been inside the bottle? Does anyone live there? Can they feel the waves...
11 Sep Violinist
What do you think is happening here? What happens when the lady plays the violin? Is she the only one with this power? What are the other people doing? What's happening to the ground? What will happen to the building? What other sounds can...
27 Jul Leaving Home
Share the title without showing the picture. Ask children to draw what they imagine this picture to look like. Then show them this photograph. What's similar/different? What did you expect? What's surprising? Why is this picture called 'Leaving Home'? Whose home is this? Who...
03 Jun City in the Sky
Credit: Tytus Brzozowski Facebook page How did the building get into the sky? Was it built there? Has it been moved? How? How is it staying airborne? Is it moving now? What are the additional windows? Do the people know that the building is in the...
27 May Impossible
Spelling link: Explore the prefix 'im-'. How many words can you think of/find in a dictionary beginning with 'im-'? What do you think the prefix means? Grammar link: Prepositions. Write a sentence containing each of the prepositions: on through beneath along behind above Why...
22 May Tornado
Describe the building. What's unusual about it? Have you ever seen a building like this? Where do you think this is? Who might be inside? Who's in the room with the light on? Why is there a tornado over this building? Is it going...
16 May The Cottage in the Woods
Describe this setting. Use the vocabulary builder to help you. Play the grammar warm up game to write a setting description. Who lives here? Would you like to live here? Why are the flowers glowing? Who is the girl in the foreground? Is she...