Where the Forest Meets the Sea: 1

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I would recommend this book for kids from EYFS stage to year 2. There is lots of scope for discussion around this book, for example, talking about the things which the boy encounters, comparing and contrasting the boys environment to places your pupils have been, trying to find things hidden in the illustrations and considering what it would be like if the trees were cut down and replaced with buildings. Jeannie Baker projects a hopeful portrait of urban renewal in Home. As in her previous Window, the picture book unfolds as a wordless series of collages, this time charting the rebirth of a Continue reading »

The boy in Where the Forest Meets the Sea imagines all kinds of things through the trunks of the trees and leaves of the forest. Children imagine what they might have seen before writing their own story. The pictures are beautiful, and are photographs of reliefs rather than being illustrations. The reliefs show the faint outline of the boy’s imagined dinosaurs, rainforest animals and Aboriginal children who once lived in the forest. They also show the threat of hotels, swimming pools and televisions that hangs over the area. It is here to we discover the exact location from which Jeannie Baker drew her inspiration. Oliver Creek is accessed by one of Cape Tribulation’s three boardwalks – Marrja, Kulki and Dubuji – each designed to allow tourists to explore the area without damaging the precious ecosystems and all manageable for children.http://www.australiancurriculumlessons.com.au/2014/07/27/forest-meets-sea-inferential-comprehension-lesson-plan-f12/ Ask a variety of questions about the book. Open ended questions invite students to make their own personal connections to a text and allow them to move from literal to inferential thinking.Decide whichquestionsto use for,whole class discussion, small group orpaired activities and individual reflections.Here are some examples of the kinds of questions that you might ask your students. In their groups, students are to discuss the Daintree Rainforest and why and for whom it is a ‘special place’. They can use a graphic organiser (PDF, 168KB) to write down ideas. Hopefully it's her idea & not pinched from someone. (I'm always nervous of high profile people who fed on their peers' ideas, energy, and support it's my forever disclaimer. And honestly, if I found out they were the vampire type of people, I'd erase their work from my mind).

Opening this expertly designed picture book reveals two parallel wordless tales: one to be read left to right, the other right to left. The stories follow a day in the family life of two boys, who Continue reading » With our book recommendations, we want to spark an interest in children to discover STEM in their everyday lives. Most books go beyond the obvious STEM connections and can be a great starting point for exploring children’s questions and ideas further. As in her previous picture books, Baker (Window; Where the Forest Meets the Sea) uses her exceptional ""collage constructions,"" crisply photographed here, to make an environmental statement. Continue reading » After crossing the river by car ferry, we meander up the winding highway to Cape Tribulation. The teenager has a slight breakdown when he realises there’s no telephone service in the area and even the people who live in town can’t use mobiles.

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Students should be able to portray their point of view and understanding of the text through dramatic portrayal and artistic/multimedia representation, and understand the difference between oral and written narrative. Interpreting, analysing, evaluating – Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently (ACELY1650) By the end of the lesson students develop inferential understandings about the author’s message re: protecting the environment. Read Jeannie Baker’s book Window. Discuss both books and how they are similar and different. Have students complete a table (template below) comparing the two books. As an alternative, groups of students could each take a Jeannie Baker book and do their own comparison.