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He realizes that there is film inside, so he takes it to be developed. To his astonishment there are photos I side that tell an unbelievable story. Whole Class Reading resources and planning for Year 2, in a zip file based on David Wiesner’s ‘Flotsam’. This book will link well to any seaside topic and has links to the KS1 Geography curriculum of continents and oceans. Vocabulary, Prediction, Clarification, Retrieval and Inference and are all covered in this unit. This unit could easily be extended into numerous more lessons including many incidental writing opportunities for descriptive settings, diary writing and letters. The book has endless possibilities. Divide the class into small groups. Give each a selection of three items, plus access to as many clothes pegs as they need. How would these creatures move? With each child holding part of the creature, groups must animate them like puppets, making them swim around the room. Its playful sophistication conveys a complexity of ideas that linger in the mind long after the book has been closed, encouraging discussion and inspiring all kinds of responses.

Flotsam” is a 2007 Caldecott Award winning book by David Wiesner, author of the popular books, “Tuesday” and “The Three Pigs.” In this story, a young boy discovers a mysterious camera from the sea that eventually shows him another world under the sea. “Flotsam” is surely one classic that cannot be beat.

Create your own incredible pictures that show images that might have been taken by the underwater camera. When I used to read picture books to my young grandchildren (who are all grown up now), I would ask them to pay attention to the illustrations and tell me what they saw after I read them the words. Oh my, they saw more than I did. A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam-anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share . . . and to keep. Text Rationale: How many different creatures and plants can you identify in the illustrations? Can you write a report about one (or more) of them? Horn Book Magazine". www.hbook.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012 . Retrieved 1 December 2014.

Make a collection of old photographic portraits – the sort available cheaply in postcard form from antique markets work well. Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century.

Flotsam" by David Wiesner is a wordless picture book. The story takes place at the shore. It is mostly told through the perspective of the camera after a young boy finds the vintage camera on the beach. He develops the film and it tells an adventurous and imaginative story of all the places the camera has been.