![]() Prior to the students completing their individual writing task. The following sentence outline can be provided and modelled Students then write a sentence that describes their animal mask, using the verbs andĪdjectives wall chart. Students can create an animal mask of their favourite zoo animal using paper plates The bright animal drawings provide more information to the reader and 'clues'. Each animal is presented in a different way (e.g. a crate, box, basket), and each child can see a glimpse of the animal to enable them to predict which animal it might be. Other textual Features (illustrations and layout) 'They sent me an elephant, but he was too big', They sent me a snake, but he was too scary'.īasic conjunction, 'but', was repeated throughout. Simple clauses featuring nouns (zoo) and verbs (wrote, send) e.g.'I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet'Īdjectives which relate to each animal, e.g. A repetitive pattern is easily recognised by junior primary children and repeated throughout the text. The text is simple, direct and rythmical with a lot of repetition, making it ideal for Early Readers. ![]() Each animal is returned to the zoo until finally the zoo sends the perfect pet. the elephant is too big, the lion too fierce, the giraffe too tall, the monkey too naughty, the snake too scary. Various letters are sent, 'pets' arrive and are then sent back as unsuitable for a variety of reasons, e.g. ![]() Dear Zoo is a 'lift the flap' book about a child who sends a letter to the zoo asking the zoo to send a pet. ![]()
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