Spotlight on Plays
2 primary works
Book 2
A strange sound came from the darkness outside and the old woman wished she had never gone into the nearby forest. She made it back home safely to bed, but that's when the spooky stuff really started to happen. Read on to find out what – if you're brave enough!
- Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.
- Text type – A play based on a traditional American tale.
- Curriculum links – Music: Painting with sound – Exploring sound colours; Art and design: Viewpoints.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Book 8
A prize of 3500 biscuits, the most terrifying creature on Earth, square tomatoes and underwater torches are just some of the amazing things that crop up in this anthology of three wonderfully weird plays, based on original poems by Michael Rosen.
- Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.
- Text type – Three plays based on poems.
- Curriculum links – Design and technology: Torches.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.