Its time to begin the fun work with our first discussion point on the short-listed Early Childhood Book of the Year titles.This first rap point should be heaps of fun, helping us to understand how authors and illustrators work together to create their characters.
Here is Rap Point 1.
Home and families are part of each of these Early Childhood books.
(a) Choose one short listed book and, using both text and illustrations, investigate how the family is represented, and what the author and illustrator have done to give us these ideas about the family. Write a paragraph describing what you find out, and send it to the rap. (Rap sheet 1 and/or Rap sheet 2 or Rap sheet 3 may help you.)
(b) Compare this family you have just studied with that in another picture book (either another short-listed Early Childhood book, or a favourite you know well). Write a paragraph explaining how the families are similar and different, and compare the techniques the different authors and illustrators have used to represent the family. (Rap sheet 4 will help you)
There are four Rap Sheets to help you organise your thoughts for Rap Point 1. You do not need to use them all. Rap Sheets 1, 2 and 3 will help you with Part A. Follow the links from the website, and choose the best ones for your particular book. Rap Sheet 4 will help you with Part B.
Send your thoughts on Rap Point 1 to the rap email address to share with other rappers.Send your message to:
bookweek06_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au
We look forward to reading your response to Rap Point 1 soon. I wonder which family
you’ll choose to tell us about?
Teachers, if you are not getting messages through, or the messages you send are not coming back to you in your Inbox, or you are experiencing technical problems, please contact Colleen Foley on 029 886 7488.
I have sent some background to this rap point to the Teacher Rap. You can still subscribe to the Teacher Rap by entering your email address on
the website under the class email box.
Happy Rapping,
Mrs Chapman
(Book Week Rap Coordinator)
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