How does the new place smell? Is it noisy? What do they see and hear? Do they taste any unusual foods?įor shorter clips from this event visit the BBC Scotland Learning (this will open in a new window) website.Ī transcript of this broadcast is available to download. Encourage them to include descriptions using their senses. They could imagine they are in a unusual place in the world they would like to visit, or a completely fictional place. Do your pupils think it is effective to talk about writing in this way? Do they agree? Do they think blank pages are an 'undiscovered land'?įollowing this, ask your pupils to write a journal entry imagining they have travelled to an undiscovered land. Look at this quote from the book: 'Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into an undiscovered land'. In the broadcast, David explores his book My Name is Mina, which is written as a journal. Write a journal entry LIT 3-02a, ENG 3-30a, ENG 3-31a We know time is tight, so here is just one activity you could complete with your class before or after watching this Authors Live event. Pupils will also get all their burning questions on Skellig or My Name is Mina answered during the Q&A at the end of the broadcast. The Six Loves Of Billy Binns Actor and writer Richard Lumsden has adapted his own book of the same name for the screen.

Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread. In this broadcast, David Almond gives pupils fantastic ideas and tips for approaching their own creative writing. The beautiful and haunting novel that launched David Almond as one of the best childrens writers of today.

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