dillsage
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stories from other cultures yr 4I've got quite a few ideas for this (bought Fly Eagle Fly and Gregory Cool based on earlier recommendations) - but what I'm finding tricky is working out what the final outcome might look like (it's not exemplified). Did you get them to write their own stories, or just do lots of work based around the stories you read? I've been trained to think in terms of phase 1 phase2 and phase 3, but it doesn't really seem to fit that pattern. (Oh to not feel I'd got to fit things into boxes all the time.) Thanks in advance - hopefully!
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thehawk
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we just wrote alternate endings, an extra chapter type of things
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dillsage
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Thanks - that's helpful - and very prompt!
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jog_on
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we didn't write our own stories either, rather we wrote what could have happened next. We focused on Mufaro's beautiful daughters and thought that Manyara would actually seek out revenge...so we wrote that part!
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dillsage
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So was your focus on writing in paragraphs and including details that built up the setting? (Sorry, I don't know Mufaro's beautiful daughters.)
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jog_on
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Our focus was writing full stop! 
Nah, seriously - paragraphs, sentence structure and the general features of stories from other cultures.
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seren82
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I did Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters but I combined it with persuasion and we wrote persuasive letters from the perspective of different characters. When I did Journey to Jo'burg we did a series of diary entries from different points in the story...
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dillsage
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Thanks - really helpful to get a range of ideas. I'm really looking forward to widening their horizons a bit!
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sallymgoodman
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We did diary writing for Gregory Cool - for the three days of the book. Our focus was inferring the change of Gregory's mood through the vocabulary he used and dividing our writing into paragraphs.
For Fly Eagle Fly we wrote a letter from the farmer describing the walk up the mountain with the Eagle. We concentrated on setting description - trying to show the change of scenary with appropriate adjectives as they pass from the village through the valley up onto the mountain. We had role played this journey in the hall, freezing the children and asking 'Where are you know? What can you see/hear?' so even the less able were full of ideas. We ended up with wonderful descriptions not only of the scenary and the sunrise but also of the farmer's feelings as the Eagle flew away.
Can't wait to do it again next term!
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dillsage
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Oooh - I love that! Thank you so much for sharing those ideas. I shall 'magpie' them! I love the idea of walking up the mountain with the eagle and seeing it fly away. It's giving me the shivers just thinking about it.
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