Follow the Silver Moon's Path

The final page of the Magic Beach by Alison Lester reveals a full moon creating a path across the bay. After reading the book everyone expects that the sleeping children will venture along this path.

I have asked students to zoom in and draw, in detail, the place that this silvery path leads to. Some children have volcanoes and dinosaurs wandering in the mystical land while others have Disney style fun parks. Now, thanks to Winnie Cross, they may just find themselves in the world with the starfish sky.

After they had drawn the world at the end of the path we wrote feeling poems about how they would feel as they landed on the beach. A feeling poem begins with the emotion and closes with the emotion.

For example

Excitement
feels like...
looks like...
tastes like...
sounds like...
smells like...
Excitement

We will be posting poems and drawings here on this blogger and joyfully welcome all contributions. If you haven't signed up to participate in this blogger consider doing so soon.