The Island

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Links to the Victorian Curriculum – English as an Additional Language (EAL) Pathway B Reading and viewing There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root. Coverage: Word List Words This is a three-session spelling seed for the book The Island by Armin Greder. Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014.

When I started writing this I claimed this book was probably the most important picture book of recent times. I said this because increasingly in the media there are more and more reports about hostility between people, and more than often it is directed at those suffering from those in places of privilege. For example, in the UK, in some places by some people, there is a searing animosity towards refugees. Well, I was wrong to have said this. This is not probably the most important picture book of recent times. This is one of the most important books to have been released to date, I believe it is timeless, I believe this book can actually help us. Complete an anticipation guide prior to reading the text. This strategy involves teacher developed statements, which students mark with agree or disagree and then re-visit once the text has been read. For example: Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments Compare and Contrast: Children fold an a4 paper in half. On one side they draw what they think pre-viking Ireland would have looked like. What would the building have been like? What about clothes etc. Engage with a diverse range of texts that reflect a variety of cultural beliefs, practices and viewsStudents go outside and sketch tall structures from different perspectives, or use a device to take photos. Discuss how illustrators can capitalise on perspective to highlight positions of power and serve to position the viewer as comparatively small. It could also be the inspiration for writing an autobiography or biography of another famous person - in the same style.

Direct Teaching: The teacher will explain that Ireland was a very different place in the Early Christian times. Using PowerPoint, the class will discuss what life was like for normal people during this time.Supporting students’ phonological awareness and phonics using the Response to Intervention (RTI) model All the usual concerns about immigration are lightly understated in the text and fleshed out with a cruel humour in the illustrations. He will eat all our food, cry the villagers. Then give him a job, suggests the good fisherman. "'If he was in my kitchen, nobody would want to eat at my inn,' muttered the inkeeper." This exchange takes place beneath a picture of the interloper paddling his grubby hands in the food while all around him is squalor. The text and pictures work against each other to both illustrate the villagers' fears and illuminate the viciousness of their prejudices.