A VISIT TO THE FARM - BIG CAT 7 TURQUOISE
The renowned children's writer Michael Morpurgo has written this vivid account of a child's stay at a farm, told in the form of letters home and illustrated with photographs of animals and children on location at the farm. Humorous and engaging, it conveys the fun and excitement of working closely with animals.
Turquoise Band 7 books offer literay language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.
Text type - A recount of a visit.
There is a timetable of the week's events on page 22 and an index on page 23 to help children recount the story.
Curriculum links -Geography: Plants and animals in the local environment; Citizenship: Animals and us.
This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
MORPURGO MICHAEL
Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo nacido como Michael Andrew Bridge; 5 de octubre de 1943 es un autor, poeta, dramaturgo y libretista inglés célebre por sus obras en el campo de la literatura infantil y juvenil. Se convirtió en el tercer laureado infantil, de 2003 a 2005, y actualmente es el presidente de BookTrust, la mayor organización benéfica de lectura infantil del Reino Unido. También ha recibido numerosos premios, entre los que habría que destacar el Whitbread 1995 , el Prix Sorcières 2001 o el Hampshire Book 2005 .
