Year 2 have been thoroughly enjoying reading the wonderful story The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. As part of our Reading into Writing lessons, we have been exploring the characters and settings in the story and creating a fantastic bank of descriptive language to use in our own writing. ✏️✨

We began by reading and discussing different parts of the story, thinking carefully about how the author brings characters to life through her choice of words. We used our reading skills to identify powerful adjectives and exciting descriptions. 📖🔍

The children had lots of fun describing the famous Gruffalo himself! We thought about his terrible tusks, terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws. We also described the other woodland creatures, including the sly fox, wise owl and hissing snake. 🦊🦉🐍

As a class, we worked together to create a bank of ambitious vocabulary. We generated words and phrases to describe appearance, movement and feelings, such as spiky, fearsome, gigantic, creeping, and menacing. 🌟📝

We also explored the setting of the deep, dark wood. The children used their senses to imagine what they might see, hear and feel if they were walking through the forest. This helped us create rich descriptions filled with exciting vocabulary. 🌲🍂👂

Using our ideas, we have begun preparing for our own pieces of writing inspired by The Gruffalo. The children have impressed us with their creativity and enthusiasm, and we are looking forward to seeing all of their fantastic descriptions appear in their independent work. 🐭✏️⭐

Year 2 have shown great imagination and have worked incredibly hard to build a collection of powerful words and phrases that will make their writing engaging and exciting for the reader. 👏🌈

📸 Take a look at our photos to see us exploring vocabulary and bringing the world of The Gruffalo to life! 😊📚🐭✨