Rendcomb College Pupils Publish Children’s Book
A group of Year Eight pupils at Rendcomb College in Gloucestershire have published a children?s book and £1 of each sale will go to Roald Dahl?s Marvellous Children?s Charity. Four children explain how they did it…
Writing the Stories
Bailey Harris, 13
Where did the stories come from"
We created the creatures first and then split into groups of three or four and each group had to write a short story. We had a group discussion and looked at example books.
How did you decide which creatures to include"
We started with 10 animals per group and made a story including all of them. We tried to use a variety of aquatic and land animals, which helped us with different ideas. We put together a big spider-diagram with our ideas and some of them linked, some of them didn?t ? we tended to go with the ones that did. Thinking about Language
Imogen Jones, 13
How did you decide on the type of language you used"
The language depended on the creature character we were writing about, but also we knew we were writing for five year olds so we couldn?t use any language that was too complicated.
How did the age you were writing for affect the language you used"
We used onomatopoeia, alliteration and short sentences rather than long, complex sentences. We also used repetition and rhyming words. We knew we couldn?t use big words.
What stories inspired you from when you were younger"
The Biff, Chip and Kipper stories like The Magic Key. The Monkey Puzz...
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