In class 11 we are learning about the rainforest. We have read The Great Kapok tree which is a book all about deforestation. From this we wrote balanced argument, giving views both for and against rainforests being destroyed.
Our class novel is Journey to the River Sea. Here we see, orphan Maia, leave the girls boarding school in London to journey to the Amazon to meet her long lost relatives, the Carters. When she arrives in the Amazon, it isn’t long before she finds herself caught up in some extraordinary adventures!
We will be writing a range of genres around the text linked to The Rainforests including;
- A character description of Maia/Clovis
- A diary entry from the viewpoint of Maia
- A set of instructions
- A description of the rainforest
- An adventure narrative