The sessions are best suited for children in upper KS2 and lower KS3, although with minor adaptations they could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. A playwright and Children’s book illustrator she has illustrated over 20 children’s books and has been been short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. CHRISTINA BALIT (Illustrator / Writer) is a graduate of both the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art. There is also a vocabulary check immediately after each extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. A sketchily told, if more elaborately illustrated, tale of Pompeii’s destruction as witnessed by two young natives. The extracts/ texts needed for each session are included.Įach session contains a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. Christina Balit's fictional tale is based on the. Heading for the harbor, Tranio and his friend Livia hide on a boat and witness one of the most terrifying moments in recorded history-the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of their beloved city, Pompeii. Fiction - Escape from Pompeii - Christina Balit The ground begins to shake, the sky to darken. The three sessions include the extracts/ texts and presentations for the whole class reading sessions on: These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension skills when reading a range of texts related to the theme of natural disasters. Natural Disasters Whole Class Reading Bundle!
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