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Mr James

English - Day 3 - The Promise by Nicola Davies

Grades: 5th Grade, 4th Grade, 6th Grade
Subjects: English Language Arts, Writing, Reading

Student Instructions

1. Watch the whole video of Nicola Davies reading the book again. https://vimeo.com/73026206 2. Write the story of The Promise from the point of view of the girl (first person narrative). Choose your favourite moment from the story to write about in detail. Include lots of deliberate word choices to show whether it’s a negative or positive part of the story. Use this structure if you want to: Introduction sentence Three sentences (or more) describing what you can see in this city packed with positive/negative language choices. Three sentences (or more) describing what you would hear in this city. Repeat your first sentence Enjoy like

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