Welcome to Week 3 Meeting Tale Notes
The workshop today focused on the pattern of a meeting tale, some tools an author uses to create suspense and character and setting ideas.
Specifically, the students:
– brainstormed character and setting ideas (Magpie Journals pg 26 & 27)
– read through the Model text and highlighted interesting words, particularly looking at the way the author creates suspense.
– looked at a story mountain and the structure of our model text
– added details to the ‘Meeting Tale’ toolbox (Magpie Journals pg 23 & 24)
– co-constructed an opening for the class Meeting Tale
Class-constructed Meeting Tale
The brief opening:
Granny and the Clown
It was past midnight, one misty morning, when Granny thought she saw a strange looking clown.
Home Tasks
- Decide on their own main character, visitor and setting. (Magpie journal page 15)
- Write the opening to their own story based on the model text. One short sentence that introduces the main character and visitor. (A3 sheet given to students)
- Add to their Magpie journal any ‘words or phrases’. (pg. 29)
