Fl reading project intro
- 1. Reading Project Mr Fletcher – Y7 IS
- 2. Read and compare two books • A Wizard Of Earthsea • By Ursula Le Guin • A Dog So Small • By Philippa Pearce Ursula Le Guin was an American writer who usually writes fantasy or science fiction novels and short stories for adults and children A Wizard of Earthsea is the first book of a series of five stories. It was published in 1968. Ursula Le Guin died in 2018. Philippa Pearce was a British writer who wrote children's stories, often with an element of fantasy. A Dog So Small was her third book, and it was published in 1962. Philippa Pearce died in 2006
- 3. Why have I chosen these books? • A Wizard of Earthsea • I've read it before a number of times but not for about 15 years • I always enjoy reading it – it's a mixture of magic and fantasy and quite serious ideas. • I've never read the fifth and last book in the series so I might read all of them again now • I think it's an interesting book because of its messages and values – both about big issues of life, power, responsibility and death and about race and identity.
- 4. Why have I chosen these books • A Dog So Small • I've read it before, once, when I was about 12 or 13 • I remember roughly what it's all about without remembering the detail at all • What I do remember about it was the experience of reading it – I remember reading it on a train journey and being so completely engaged in the book that I forgot where I was or what I was doing. • I'm interested in reading it again to think about what it was about the book, and what it was about me when I was 12 or 13, that created that experience
- 5. Why have I chosen these books • Why these two together? • They are both children's books appropriate for KS3, and I wanted to choose books that the class might have read, or could reasonably be expected to read • A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel set in an imagined world, and A Dog So Small isn't, it's a real world novel set in reality. However, from what I remember it's also about the idea of magic (in a very different way) - so I think there's an interesting comparison between a fantasy book about 'real' magic, and a real book about 'fantasy' magic • I've been looking for an excuse to find and read A Dog So Small again for ages. • They're both books that are mainly about boys/men but they are both written by women
- 6. What am I going to do (probably) • Read both of the books again • Write an immediate response to each book when I finish reading it • How did it make me feel • What did I like about it (www/ebi feedback!) • Watch the 'Tales from Earthsea' Studio Ghibli film (again) and think (and write) about what happened in the adaptation • Choose a section from each book to read aloud and record my reading. • Choose a section of both of the stories to rewrite from a different character's perspective • Choose a section of both of the stories to rewrite to try to change reader sympathy/empathy • More things.