Something Fishy
There are a few videos on here now where an everyday object triggers a fantasy story.
This is an effective way to introduce the fantasy genre to LKS2 and links well with the 'Stories in imaginary worlds' unit.
When writing a fantasy narrative with a real world trigger I try to encourage 3 distinct sections for the opening of the story. The real word setting and finding the trigger, the journey to the fantasy land, (no matter how brief) and then arriving in the fantasy world.
In this case the trigger is the washing machine, the journey is very short - basically putting head in machine and then swimming the short distance into the underwater world.
Try writing other stories using everyday objects as triggers.
Perhaps children can find a trigger in the classroom or playground.
The journey to the fantasy land may be very quick or may take a while; it may be pleasant or unpleasant - there are lots of examples in Harry Potter some of them seem very unpleasant.
This is an effective way to introduce the fantasy genre to LKS2 and links well with the 'Stories in imaginary worlds' unit.
When writing a fantasy narrative with a real world trigger I try to encourage 3 distinct sections for the opening of the story. The real word setting and finding the trigger, the journey to the fantasy land, (no matter how brief) and then arriving in the fantasy world.
In this case the trigger is the washing machine, the journey is very short - basically putting head in machine and then swimming the short distance into the underwater world.
Try writing other stories using everyday objects as triggers.
Perhaps children can find a trigger in the classroom or playground.
The journey to the fantasy land may be very quick or may take a while; it may be pleasant or unpleasant - there are lots of examples in Harry Potter some of them seem very unpleasant.
