Think Before You Start - Discuss

Have you ever been on an adventure?

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Quick-Fire Questions

  1. Can you describe Beth French’s adventures in a few sentences?
  2. How does the author mix speech and narrative?
  3. Which writing techniques are used to describe action?
  4. Which words show how Beth was feeling?
  5. What was Beth told to do if she ever met a shark?

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“Their confidence grows, and they make great progress because they know that they need to work hard if they want to get their writing included in the final film.”

Rachel Preece-Dawson,
Grove Primary

The research behind LitFilmFest

In a four month research study supported by the UCL Institute of Education, we worked with 200 KS2 students across three schools to measure the efficacy of our approach.

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