The Hare and the Tortoise

Over the past two weeks the children have been learning about fables and have focused upon The Hare and the Tortoise. First, they learnt to re tell the story orally, using actions for support. They finished the unit by writing their own version of the story with their own character and setting.  Here are some extracts from their narratives.
 
One beautiful sunny day a mean Hare was teasing a snake so they decided to have a race!
 
Suddenly, the hare had a little snooze. He thought that as he was so far away that the slow tortoise would never catch up with him.
 
All of a sudden the hare jumped up from his sleep. He stretched his arms and legs. "I have so much energy now so I am going to carry on and beat that slow snake". Olivia (3b)
 
Tired, the selfish, green snake yawned unpleasantly. Suddenly he pelted towards a tropical high hill although he would claim that he stumbled upon his sleeping spot. Because this spot was so comfy he decided to have a snooze. Plop! All of a sudden a rough acorn awoke the sleepy, lazy snake. She looked all around but no one was there. She saw the tortoise celebrating happily she couldn't believe that he had won the race! Slow and steady wins the race. Sweeden (3b)