Activity 1

Image Activity

The Task - 1-2 hours - large space

Resources - OHP, acetate with photocopied images (see bottom of this page), A3 paper, big pens.

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding and Interpreting Text
• - Understand underlying themes of a text using inference.
• - Use images to read between the lines and provide evidence of texts themes.
• - Comparing settings of texts and they these affect mood.

NC reference:

En1 Speaking and listening - 2b, 2d, 2e, 3a, 9b, 10 a, b and c.

En2 Reading - 2a, 2b, 2c, 3d, 4c, 4d, 4e, 5e, 5g, 9a.

The Task:

This task allows children to explore their group texts themes and genres. It can be adapted to allow for each group to explore the image relevant to their text separately from the whole class. However, I think it would be advantageous for the class as a whole to do this together; therefore exploring each others group texts and thus enabling comparisons to be drawn.

• Gather class in a large space and divide into pairs.
• One person stands at the side of the space with a pen and paper, whilst the other stands in the middle with another sheet of paper.
• Turn out the lights and turn on the OHP with first acetate image. The image should be shining into a corner, not onto a projection screen, this allows an unclear image.
• Explain to the children standing in the space that they will move around holding up the sheet of paper capturing sections of the image. The paper acts as a magnifying glass, showing small parts of the whole image.
• The children at the side record what they can see on their partners sheets of paper in words and short sentences.
• After two minutes the partners come together and discuss the images captured and the words used to describe them, noting down their responses.
• Swap roles.
• Share what the children recorded.
• If the responses are limited to factual observations, guide the children by asking them what the images make them feel like, or what do the people in the images feel like?
• Repeat this process for all the images relating to the texts.
• Gather the sheets of paper and place them in their groups around the room, spread them out so the children can look at each others responses.
• Allow the children time to walk around reading the words.
• Come together and ask whether the children can identify their books from the images shown - how do they know this? What do the images show them about their texts? What differences can we see between the texts from exploring these images? What similarities are there between the texts?
• Record all of these responses on a flip chart and display in classroom to aid writing tasks.
• Keep the sheets of paper with the image responses for reference.

Learning Outcomes

• Children will have written responses to diary text images.
• Children will understand the differences between the non fiction and fiction diary texts and varying underlying themes of texts.
• Children will gain a deeper understanding of their group texts.

Activity 1 - resources

Images: These are some examples of images to use.

These images can be copy and pasted into “word”, printed, increased in size to A4 on a photocopier and then photocopied onto acetate to use on an OHP.

This image relates to “The Diary of a Killer Cat”

This image is of Jews being deported and relates to “The Diary of Anne Frank”.

This image is of sarajevo and relates to “Zlata’s Diary”.

This is image is of fighting on a galleon and relates to “Pirate Diary”

This image relates to “Kensuke’s Kingdom”.