Year Six have not one but two brilliant podcasts for you to enjoy!
Click here to listen to the Year Six P.G. Wodehouse assembly!
Click here to listen to a song we've created to promote reading. How many authors in 'The Booklovers' have you read? How many of the jokes and reference do you 'get'? Can you explain the references to a friend?
L.O. To promote reading to younger peers, and justify a selection of a favourite book.
We are going to create a display of our favourite books to accompany our 'The Booklovers' podcast.
Ever been into Waterstones? They often display on the shelves handwritten recommendations of the staff's favourite books. We're going to do the same!
1. Select a fave book 2. Write 10-15 lines summarising the book 3. Write 10 lines saying why you love it! (Consider the characters, plot and style of the book)
The band The Divine Comedy released a song called 'The Booklovers', where the band list their favourite authors, and make a comment after each author, e.g. after 'Charles Dickens' someone says "London is so beautiful this time of year...". Dickens was famously fond of London and many of his novels are set partly or entirely in London. "The Booklovers" contains references to over seventy different authors.
We're going to create our own, child-friendly version of the Booklovers! We will say the name of an author, and then give a short quote, or make a joke connected to the author, e.g.
J.K. Rowling - Don't say Voldemort! Roald Dahl - Just take a little sip of this medicine. C.S. Lewis - I wonder what's at the back of this wardrobe...
Homework: Make a list of your ten favourite authors, and write a job/quote or reference to that author, e.g. Charlie Higson - And now you will die, Master Bond!. Think carefully! We'll select fifty or so of our favourites and add them to music to create 'The Falcons Booklovers' podcast, promoting reading around the school!
This isn't the Booklovers, but it will give you some ideas!
