![]() I invited them to be interviewed by the children (after, of course, briefing the governors fully), using closed- and open-ended questions I had prepared with my class in advance to solve the mystery for our local newspaper. We had a super governing body at the school, who I managed to involve by playing the “victims”, which included roles for an elderly lady, a man eating a sandwich, a police officer, and a dog owner. Garnering involvement beyond the classroom I also found some green bath crystals which the children concluded were toad eggs. ![]() I had a wonderful TA who just happened to have her very own pond with giant lily pads to take it a step further I made my very own toad slime with green food colouring and shampoo which I poured over items of washing and the old lady’s cup and remote and of course the lily pads. As a twist I decided, instead of using it as a book, to create an actual crime scene in the classroom and playground and to immerse the children in the story of the frogs’ adventures. Several years ago, I came across the book Tuesday, by David Wiesner, a nearly wordless book about the strange events of one specific evening and one group of frogs. ![]() Do you need a great hook for teaching how to write a newspaper report? ![]()
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