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Archive for July, 2008


Once upon a time…

I promised to post a link to the “choose your own”  Fairy Tale by Kevin Brooks that we used in Year 8 storyLines last term. Have fun!
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There are five other interactive stories, all quite different to Fairy Tale, at We Tell Stories. Each is inspired by a classic story but takes it in unexpected directions.

Mrs Thomson

Photo: Fairytale Castle Originally uploaded by daytona_k

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Jabberwocky

In storyLines this past term Year 7s had a chance to share this interesting visual interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky. Illustrator Stéphane Jorisch received a coveted Canadian Governor General’s Award for this book in 2004.

The poem was was first published in Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There in 1872. But just what does it mean? In storyLines classes we heard a variety of ideas from students and teachers. Stéphane Jorisch immersed himself in the words before coming up with his interpretation.

Click on the eyes above to see a larger version of this book at Lookybook, or find our copy on the picture book shelves to peruse at your leisure.

Jabberwocky was the first book in a series called Visions in Poetry.

by Mrs Thomson

 

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