THERE'S A SHARK IN THE BATH by IDEAS FOR TEACHERS Published by Scholastic Children's Books (c)
THE SEA Take a look at the endpapers for 'There's a Shark in the Bath'. List all of the nouns that has drawn in this undersea setting. Return to these nouns and build a descriptive phrase around them using adjectives, verbs and adverbse.g. tiny crabs scuttle around the sandy sea-bed. Choose your favourite phrases and record onto strips of paper and then rearrange the strips of paper into an 'Under The Sea' poem. Which order is most effective? Why might this be? Share with a friend. Which language choices do they find to be effective? Can they help you to improve your poem. Use books and web resources to identify the creatures and plants that has illustrated on the endpapers. Create factfiles on the types of life that can be found under the sea. Look at famous artworks of the sea. There are some examples at - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2013/jul/13/10-best-sea-pictures. How do the different artworks make you feel? What do you notice about the use of colour? Why may the artist have chosen to use colour in this way? Look at 's use of colour? Would you expect this in a sea picture? What is the effect of using colour this way? Experiment with colour to create your own sea artworks. Further Sea-Life Related Reading Barry the Fish with Fingers- Sue Hendra Commotion in the Ocean- Giles Andreae Sharing a Shell- Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks Hooray for Fish- Lucy Cousins This Is Not My Hat- Jon Klassen Flotsam- David Wiesner Mister Seahorse- Eric Carle Flip Flap Ocean- Axel Scheffler http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-fish/ http://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/sealife/strange-sea-creatures/ http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/fi sh.html http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/fish1.htm http://www.ducksters.com/animals/fish.php Don't forget to check out Sarah's free resources for this text at http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/theres-a-shark-in-the-bath/ Photo of fish by 'Hazelthepikachu' https://www.flickr.com/photos/80435089@n08/7976357294/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
SHARKS (c) Look at how depicts the different members of the shark family. They all are the same basic shape and design but have different features to distinguish them from each other- moustache, eye-lashes, braces. How would you draw other members of the shark family? Grandma? Grandad? Can you create a shark family 'photo' album? Could you write a guide to help other people who may encounter this family? Would you have different tactics for each member of the family? Compare Sarah's shark to photographs of sharks. Which features are the same? Which have been exaggerated or altered? Why might that be? What is the effect of this? Can you create your own illustration of a shark? What do you want the audience to know about this shark? What feature can you highlight in order to make this point? How would you describe your character? Develop a range of descriptive vocabulary and display this in a frame around your illustration. Further Shark Related Reading Surprising Sharks- Nicola Davies and James Croft Smart About Sharks- Owen Davey Shark in the Park- Nick Sharratt Shark Vs Train: Chris Barton and Tom Litchenheld Smily Shark: Ruth Galloway Wigglesbottom Primary: The Shark in the Pool- Pamela Butchart and Becka Moor Shark School: Davy Ocean and Aaron Blecha Don't forget to check out Sarah's free resources for this text at http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/theres-a-sharkin-the-bath/ You could sing the classic camp-fire song 'BABY SHARK'. There's a version of this at https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=xqzsoesa55w http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/ http://discoverykids.com/category/sharks / http://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/a nimals/sea-life/great-white-sharks/ Shark photograph by Allan Lee https://www.flickr.com/photos/the-lees/134610871 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
DULCIE- THE HERO (c) Look at Dulcie's body language in the illustrations. What do they tell you about the way she feels and how she is going to handle this strange situation? Use dramatic techniques such as hot-seating and freeze-framing to explore Dulcie's feelings at the different points in the story. Choose a scene from the story and draw in comic book form. Include thought bubbles to represent what is going on in Dulcie's mind. What is she thinking as she brushes a shark's teeth? Look at the ways that Dulcie manages to catch, trick and ultimately defeat the sharks. Develop a list of adjectives for her heroic actions and further develop into a kennings poem that lists the ways that she is a hero e.g. I'm a... shark-catcher paste-squeezer tooth-brusher Further Hero Related Reading Max The Brave- Ed Vere The Brave Beast- Chris Judge Scaredy Squirrel- Melanie Watt Superkid- Claire Freedman and Sarah McIntyre (c) How will Dulcie deal with the elephant in her cereal? Does she need similar tactics to the shark? Roleplay the scenario and then create your own picture book to show what Dulcie does next. Take time to explore 's illustrations of 'There's A Shark in the Bath' and discuss the visual jokes. Include some picture-only jokes in your story of the elephant in the cereal. Don't forget to check out Sarah's free resources for this text at http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/theres-a-shark-in-the-bath/
About Illustrator and writer is easy to spot in her pointy glasses and hats. Sometimes she writes and draws picture books and comics herself, sometimes she illustrates books for other people, including Giles Andreae, Alan MacDonald, Gillian Rogerson, Anne Cottringer and Claire Freedman. When she makes books with Philip Reeve, they both brainstorm the story ideas together, then Philip writes them and Sarah illustrates them. But occasionally they swap roles for a bit. And they love dressing up. Sarah s books have won several awards, including: * The Independent Bookshop Week children s award 2016 Pugs of the Frozen North, with Philip Reeve * UKLA Book Award 2015 Oliver and the Seawigs, with Philip Reeve * Prix Enfantasie 2015- Oliver and the Seawigs, translated into French by Raphaële Eschenbrenner * The Leeds Graphic Novel Award 2011 (now called The Young People s Comic Award) Vern and Lettuce * The Bishop s Stortford Picture Book Award 2010 Morris the Mankiest Monster, with Giles Andreae * The Sheffield Children s Book Award, Overall Winner 2010 Morris the Mankiest Monster, with Giles Andreae Information from www.jabberworks.co.uk