Katie Morag's Island Stories (Katie Morag, 8)

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The biggest challenge was retaining Katie Morag’s perspective on the world. I think they have definitely done it. It’s still her island and they have captured it.

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Join Katie Morag McColl and her family on the Isle of Struay in this beautiful gift collection of classic stories. Little Door Books was officially launched as an independent publisher in 2016. We work collaboratively with established and emerging authors and illustrators, offering them greater input in the creation of their high-quality, exciting, and ultimately b … This presentation offers important information about the Isle of Coll for kids. Topics covered include:Mark Brown, Christmas show review: Peter Pan and Katie Morag, The Daily Telegraph, 11 December 2007 This resource has been made in line with Curriculum for Excellence at Early Level Experiences and Outcomes, so you can be confident that it supports learning for relevant Literacy and English benchmarks. Highland Journey: A sketching tour of Scotland (Canongate 1992 / Birlinn 2009), in which she retraces a sketching tour made by the obscure Victorian artist John Thomas Reid, comparing her experiences. [24]

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Romance has been brewing on the island between Neilly Beag and Granma Mainland and everyone is thrilled when they announce that they are to be married. Everyone, that is, except Grannie Island. For some reason that Katie Morag can't fathom her granny is NOT happy at all. A visitor she met on the beach one day turned out to be an editor at Macmillan Books; showing off the nearby house full of her watercolours, she was soon signed up as a contract illustrator for the company, winning an in-house contest to illustrate a version by Rumer Godden of The Old Woman who lived in a Vinegar Bottle (1972), and then three children's books featuring Janet Reachfar by the established Scottish author Jane Duncan. [15] [16] With the Book Review Sheet, your pupils can answer questions about a Katie Morag book that they have just read. There are prompts such as: Family: Katie Morag lives with her parents Isobel and Peter, her little brother Liam and her baby sister Flora Ann. Mr McColl is the shopkeeper in the village shop and Mrs McColl is the postmistress. You can use this PowerPoint to highlight similarities and differences between the two islands, one real and the other fictional. Ask children to consider what it might be like to live in a place where the primary school has only two part-time teachers, and there are at most eight students in a class.Changing Lives, Education 4 Sustainability, National Grid for Learning, 1997. (Resource originally developed by waste-management company Biffa). QCA Geography Year 2 Unit 3: An Island Home, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, 2000. As of January 2011, a Google search for KS1+"Katie+Morag"+"An+Island+Home" finds almost 3,400 hits

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She has also written several books of travel writing for adults, and is the illustrator of a range of Hebridean stationery. I think children easily identify with Katie Morag’s problems, her moods and the family issues. I try to create stories seen through the eyes of Katie Morag. I think children, through Katie Morag, can recognize and explore the familiarity of the problems that she has.Alexandria Patience, Artistic Evaluation: Katie Morag at Ardross Hall, Scottish Arts Council, 5 October 2005 I really liked going to hair, make-up and costume every morning. My favourite costume was my wedding dress costume. That was really nice. I wore my wellies with it though! With these, your learners will be able to reflect on what they have just read. Doing so will allow them to remember the story better, as well as developing an ability to take away key events from a long piece of text. I'm totally not looking forward to seeing myself. I'll have to watch though, but I might hide my eyes! Main cast For more resources about Coll, pair this resource with our differentiated reading activity to build key literacy skills like skimming and scanning. Another fun idea would be to encourage the use of online resources or library books to fill out this research worksheet, which can be done independently or in groups.