Our class read a picture book called Night Noises by Mem Fox.
In the story the main character, an old lady, is asleep in her chair, dreaming about her youth.
She wakes when visitors arrive to give her a surprise 90th birthday.
We loved the words Mem Fox used when describing the main character:
For example:
‘Her hair was as wispy as cobwebs in ceilings.’
‘Her bones were as creaky as floorboards at midnight.’
We think those are sentences that add impact to the writing.
The Oldest Person I Know on PhotoPeach
Then we thought about the oldest people we know and we wrote about them.
Who is the oldest person you know?
Tell us about them.
Wow, what wonderful stories of the oldest people you know. Fantastic pictures too.