2010+Anthony+Browne

 2010 Book Chats Anthony Browne Read a selection of Anthony Browne books from your school Library. As you finish a book you can complete 2-3 activities from the grid below to share with us all. Your work can be presented on a new page or behind this one on the discussion page. Ask your teacher if you are unsure where to present your work.


 * === **Seven ways to be smart** === |||||||||||| == **Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels** == ||
 * ^  || **Knowing** || **Understanding** || **Applying** || **Analysing** || **Creating** || **Evaluating** ||
 * **__Verbal__**
 * I enjoy reading, writing & speaking** || **List as many Anthony Browne books as you can on a WORD document and insert some relevant pictures.** || **Write a play of one of Anthony Browne’s stories.** || **Prepare at least 5 questions that you can ask ‘Willy’.** || **Write 6 questions you would like to ask Anthony Browne.** || **Create a ‘Who am I/ for one of Anthony Browne’s characters.** || **Do a PMI on one of the Anthony Browne books.** ||
 * **__Mathematical__**
 * I enjoy working with numbers & science** || **List all the facts you know about Anthony Browne under the K of a KWL. List what you want to find out about him under the W.** || **Survey at least 10 friends and family members about their favourite Anthony Browne book. Graph your results on the computer.** || **Sort and classify the stories that you have read by Anthony Browne. Explain your classifications.** || **Use a Venn Diagram to compare two Anthony Browne stories.** || **Use PowerPoint to create a slide show of some of the great ways that Anthony Browne illustrates his books.** || **Give ‘Silly Billy’ a rating between 1 – 10 and explain your rating.** ||
 * **__Visual/Spatial__**
 * I enjoy painting, drawing & visualising** || **Make a collection of your favourite Anthony Browne pictures. Present them in any way you like and include captions/ labels explaining why you chose them.** || **From Anthony Browne’s ‘ZOO’, draw a map to show where the family went in the zoo.** || **Create a poster to promote one of Anthony Browne’s books.** || **Be an illustrator like Anthony Browne and create a portrait of a family member using any medium.** || **Add another scene to ‘Bear Hunt’ to improve the story.** || **Choose** 1 **Anthony Browne illustration and present it to the class, explaining the purpose of the illustration to the story.** ||
 * **__Kinaesthetic__**
 * I enjoy doing hands-on activities, sports & dance** || **Collect books written by your favourite author and bring them to share with the class.** || **Using playdough, create a model of one of Anthony Browne’s characters.** || **Create a mime that shows what happened to Bear in Anthony Browne’s ‘Bear Hunt’.** || **Design and make your own ‘worry doll’.** || **CLASS ACTIVITY – create a mural of Anthony Browne characters.** || **Take a photo of yourself in a freeze frame from one of the scenes in an Anthony Browne book** ||
 * **__Musical__**
 * I enjoy making & listening to music** || **Find a song that would go with an Anthony Browne story. Bring it to share with the class and explain why you chose it.** || **Find and record some animal sound effects that can be played to Anthony Browne’s ‘ZOO’.** || **CLASS ACTIVITY -Write a jingle to advertise one of Anthony Browne’s books.** || **Make up a rap about ‘Willy’.** || **Choose a nursery rhyme and change the words to suit an Anthony Browne story.** || **Write a list of criteria to judge the Willy raps.** ||
 * **__Interpersonal__**
 * I enjoy working with others** || **With a partner, share your favourite Anthony Browne story.** || **Practise and read an Anthony Browne story to a Kindergarten class.** || **Use the Hot seat strategy and pretend to be Willy, to be interviewed by your class.** || **Be a director and direct your group into a freeze frame from ‘Willy and Hugh’.** || **CLASS ACTIVITY – innovate on the ‘Willy the … ‘ stories and share your innovation with another Stage 1 class.** || **Use a judge and jury to discuss the statement ‘Children enjoy Anthony Browne’s books because of the illustrations’.** ||
 * **__Intrapersonal__**
 * I enjoy working by myself** || **Create a story map of one of Anthony Browne’s stories.** || **Complete the L section of the KWL to show what YOU have learnt.** || **Write a review for one of Anthony Browne’s stories.** || **Does your family have anything that is used in a similar way to the ‘worry dolls’.** || **Write and illustrate a new book for a family member eg. sister, grandma, grandpa, uncle like Anthony Browne’s family series.** || **Explain who your favourite character is from one of the Anthony Browne books.** ||

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