Cloud Tea Monkeys

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This three-week Writing Root begins with the arrival of a Royal Tea –Taster in class seeking apprentice tea-tasters. The children experience an immersive session where they smell and taste a range of different teas before creating descriptive statements to describe a tea. A basket is then delivered and inside is a magical and moving story about Cloud Tea and how monkeys save a young girl and her mother. As the text is read, the children are exposed to range of language activities to stimulate grammatical development and reading comprehension skills. The children then write letters of thanks to the monkeys. Using the authors’ note as further stimulus, children research, plan and then write a non-chronological report on tea, the tea-trade and traditions relating to tea. Synopsis of Text: develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: learning the grammar for years 3 and 4 in English Appendix 2 There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root. Coverage: Word List Words A delightful story enriched by the beautiful illustration, which tells us much about how legend develops.

Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners". The Guardian 12 March 2001. Retrieved 8 August 2012. Vividly descriptive language transports us to an unfamiliar life and environment, imbued with a heady magic and yet tempered with the harsh realities of wresting a living from the land.” The sun had not yet found a way through the mountains, but it was coming; a light the color of lemons was soaking into the sky and painting out the stars.”The little girl is kind and hardworking, as is her mother and the other women in the story. Because the girl befriends the monkeys, they in turn help her out. The overseer is "bad-tempered," "beaky," and cruel. He laughs a cruel laugh and humiliates the little girl for trying to fill her mother's shoes. He gets his comeuppance from the more powerful tea-taster for the empress. An activity with different groups doing a hot seat with different characters from Tashi, to the overseer to the lead monkey to find out their feelings and motives. One of the striking features of this book are the beautiful illustrations which are so detailed and expressive to readers. It captures the essensce of the book through the pictures. The main character in this book is a girl called Tashi who lives in a village, near the Himmaly region of India. Tashi shares a good relation with the monkeys who sometimes tease her, however when a problem arises in Tasho's life, we find it is the monkeys who come to support Tashi. This is a lovely book with excellent writing and beautiful illustrations. The descriptions are fantastic: "he looked like a man whose brain was on fire" was a favourite of mine! This would be a brilliant story to read aloud to children of 6-7 because although it is long for a read aloud book and uses challenging vocabulary, it is good for children to be exposed to advanced language and they will be captivated by the illustrations.

Descriptive passage, writing in role, ‘how to’ guide (instructions), letter, discussion Main Outcome: I would recommend this book as one for whole class or group reading and then it could be used to introduce a number of activities in different subject areas, as suggested below: A story inspired by Chinese legends comes to luminous life in the hands of Carnegie Medal–winner Peet ( Tamar); his wife, Graham; and Greenaway Medalist Wijngaard ( Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady). The authors’ richly descriptive tone sets the stage: “The sun had not yet found a way through the mountains, but it was coming; a light the color of lemons was soaking into the sky and painting out the stars.”’ Cloud Tea Monkeys (90-slide editable PowerPoint with 20 worksheets) is an engaging English teaching resource for KS2/3 based on the book by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham. The resource covers a range of Reading and Writing skills and is detailed and progressive. Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started CloseThis book is absolutely superb. The unique story line captures a number of important themes in economics, including the vulnerability of the working poor and the incidence of child labor in developing countries. Stunning illustrations further add to the richness of Cloud Tea Monkeys, making this book as much of a treasure as the tea described within.”

Peet himself stated, "I see genres as generating sets of rules or conventions that are only interesting when they are subverted or used to disguise the author’s intent. My own way of doing this is to attempt a sort of whimsical alchemy, whereby seemingly incompatible genres are brought into unlikely partnerships." [9] develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by: discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination The use of colour and description in this book is amazing- it really makes you feel like you are there and experiencing what Tashi is feeling. Children can really engage with the story due to the wonderfully written in depth descriptions of the scenery and people as well as the beautiful illustrations. There are many cross curricular links that can be explored within the story and can stem to create a scheme of work relating to the book- such as geography, history, art, literacy and many many more.Despite this book having an element of challenging language this book would be a great read to children out loud. Using a bank of helpful words, children will taste a range of teas and describe their aromas, appearances and flavours. They will be taught how to use conjunctions to extend their sentences and to use similes to help describe the teas accurately. calendar, circle, enough, fruit, medicine, regular, strength, woman/women Spelling Rules and Patterns

Life: An Exploded Diagram (2011), a semi-autobiographical novel, was his last book for young readers. [9] [15] How is the little girl's life different from yours? Why does she go to work with her mother? What does she do while her mother works? What would you have done? Do you think you would have made friends with the monkeys?KS1 would benefit from having the story read to them and the beautiful illustrations on a visualiser or interactive whiteboard. the story and illustrations would engross capture the children's attention and imagination, whilst also providing some insight into another culture and way of life. Reynolds and Brown have crafted a Halloween tale that balances a really spooky premise with the hilarity that accompanies any mention of underwear. The stunning word pictures created by the two authors are beautifully partnered with glorious illustration. This story begs to be read aloud as there is such a musicality to the text. Highly recommended “ Intricately told – with painstakingly detailed, radiant illustrations – this little treasure of a book is, naturally, best read at teatime.”