Cloud Tea Monkeys

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Children will then analyse a model diary entry in role as Tashi and identify use of expanded noun phrases and fronted adverbials (position). They will use this as inspiration to write their own version, describing the village setting and journey to the tea plantation. At the end of the lesson, children will read each other's writing and evaluate it against the agreed success criteria. Malcolm Charles Peet (5 October 1947 – 2 March 2015) [2] was an English writer and illustrator best known for young adult fiction. He has won several honours including the Brandford Boase, the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize, British children's literature awards that recognise "year's best" books. Three of his novels feature football and the fictional South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. The Murdstone Trilogy (2014) and "Mr Godley's Phantom" were his first works aimed at adult readers. The tale has the feel of a time-honed fable—simple, elegant, and moving—which is especially well complemented by Wijngaard’s sumptuous illustrations.”

One of the striking features of this book are the beautiful illustrations which are so detailed and expressive to readers. It captures the essensce of the book through the pictures. The main character in this book is a girl called Tashi who lives in a village, near the Himmaly region of India. Tashi shares a good relation with the monkeys who sometimes tease her, however when a problem arises in Tasho's life, we find it is the monkeys who come to support Tashi.This book is written with great care and precise, detailed description appealing to all the senses. Intrigue and mystery are delicately managed and fed to the reader while always leaving you feel as if there was more to be said or told which fires the imagination. Juan Wijngaard’s accompanying illustrations add to the sense of mystique with the mist laden mountains, attention to detail and earthy colours. I would suggest this book is most suitable for upper key stage 2. In these days of a post-modern approach to many illustrated books, it can be refreshing to see a return to a more traditional approach, with a rich use of patterned language and painstaking care taken with illustrations that both support and extend the written text. Such a style is that which we enjoy in Cloud Tea Monkeys.” Then, children will read the first part of the book and will be asked to visualise the setting described in their heads. They will identify descriptive sentences and phrases within the text and will classify them using the five senses. At the end of the lesson, children will be shown statements about the story so far. They will position themselves on an imaginary line to show how much they either agree or disagree with each one. Children will be asked to justify their reasoning. Further ideas that would be incorporated using a cross curricular approach include the idea of using Science alongside Literacy. Perhaps for a more hands on approach to learning children may explore the process involved in making tea and then have the opportunity to taste and smell it. They could then produce a piece of writing which explores the use of instructional writing on how to make tea. One further subject that I had in mind was Art due to the brilliant illustrations used throughout the book. Children could use the illustrations to inspire their own artistic creativity, perhaps exploring the effective use of colour to create light and dark features to their own pieces of art. KS1 would benefit from having the story read to them and the beautiful illustrations on a visualiser or interactive whiteboard. the story and illustrations would engross capture the children's attention and imagination, whilst also providing some insight into another culture and way of life.

Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments Our Cloud Tea Monkeys KS2 teaching resource (made up of an editable 90-slide PowerPoint presentation with 20 accompanying worksheets) is based on the book by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham. This 'Cloud Tea Monkeys' unit ofwork covers a variety of essential KS2 Reading and Writing skills and is both progressive and engaging. a b c "Mal Peet wins Guardian children's fiction prize: A version of Othello which casts the Moor of Venice as a South American football star wins Mal Peet the 2009 Guardian children's fiction prize". Alison Flood. The Guardian, 8 October 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2012. An activity with different groups doing a hot seat with different characters from Tashi, to the overseer to the lead monkey to find out their feelings and motives. Cloud Tea Monkeys (90-slide editable PowerPoint with 20 worksheets) is an engaging English teaching resource for KS2/3 based on the book by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham. The resource covers a range of Reading and Writing skills and is detailed and progressive.

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Lccn 2009011868 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL23202365M Openlibrary_edition Despite this book having an element of challenging language this book would be a great read to children out loud. Using tea as the focus, a cross curricular investigation into the production and distribution of tea could be carried out including fair trade issues. This book is absolutely superb. The unique story line captures a number of important themes in economics, including the vulnerability of the working poor and the incidence of child labor in developing countries. Stunning illustrations further add to the richness of Cloud Tea Monkeys, making this book as much of a treasure as the tea described within.”

This heart-warming tale is told with assured sensitivity by Peet and Graham and complemented by lovely illustrations. Juan Wijngaard captures the different characters and the lush beauty of the Indian mountains’”Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing -

I would recommend this book as one for whole class or group reading and then it could be used to introduce a number of activities in different subject areas, as suggested below:Three of Peet's books feature the fictional South American sports journalist Paul Faustino (and football). Peet's debut novel Keeper, which is primarily a world-champion goalkeeper's life story in the course of an interview. Keeper, The Penalty, and Exposure all feature Faustino and South American football players. When he won the 2009 Guardian Award for the Othello-based Exposure, he told the sponsoring newspaper he had felt that 'football books for children were "pretty much hey"'. Also, "I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark. Now I get to play football vicariously." [7]