The Piano - a writing stimulus in Oak Class

The writing focus in Oak Class this half term is Flashback Stories and our model text is “The Piano” by Aidan Gibbons – a superb stimulus for comprehending the structure of a flashback story (see video below).
The children are working through the structure of the text, alternating from present to past tense through the form of a trigger to generate memories and emotions.
As a starting point, they are organising each of the stills from the video, documenting what is happening in each and how the main character is feeling…
 

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