The Monster, the Witch and the Dragon Written by Year 3 morning students – 2015
Responsible teachers: Katia Cristina Castro Santos Popov Andressa Paula Caetano da Costa
Design: Vanessa Brites Botaro
Illustration: Year 3 Students
Technical Review: Amanda Priscila Fonseca Lima
The Monster, The Witch and The Dragon
Dedication We would like to dedicate this book to our friends and family.
Thanks We thank Ms. Katia for helping us write the book.
Presentation
Reading is the primary and essential condition for citizenship practice. The literary texts are the entry for the reading world. Why not insert students into the global language reading world? This was the work we develop in our English classes. Students read and listened to English stories many times in order to expand their linguistic
repertoire
and
improve
the
language
use
in
communicative situations. Researches have proven that children learn best through repetition, as it establishes neural connections. Neural passageways in their brains become highways for learning. Children thrive on the repetition of patterns, sound and experiences. The Young Writer Project in English provided an enrichment of students’ pedagogical experiences. They had the opportunity of knowing new authors, books and illustrators from other countries. The project with Year 3 was based on the following books we read with the students: Gruffalo, Room On The Broom and Zog by Julia
Donaldson. These books gave us a little taste of the imaginary world, which children simply love.
They were amazed to see how a small mouse can cheat a terrible creature like Gruffalo, or how a witch can be so gentle and lovable with the animals, and how a dragon can always get into trouble when all he wants is to get a golden star. This experience has brought to the students many benefits, such as: a great amount of linguistic repertoire, development of the discourse, strategic and sociolinguistic competences, a great moment of interaction, when one person in the group told the stories and the others listened, or when they discussed parts of the stories because they wanted to make sure it was right. And when they started the writing process, the only thing they had
was a list of main ideas written by them. So, there’s no need to say how hard these students worked. The magical process came to end with a wonderful outcome, a book of three stories that you are now invited to read and taste a little of
the great moments we had together. Have fun!
Ms. Katia and Ms. Andressa
One day a mouse went to the woods. A fox saw the mouse. The mouse looked good. The fox invited the mouse for lunch. He said, “No, I’ll have lunch with Gruffalo. The fox said, “Gruffalo? What’s Gruffalo?” The mouse said, “Gruffalo has terrible tusks, terrible claws, terrible tooth and
terrible jaws and Gruffalo’s favorite food is roasted fox. The fox was scared and ran away. An owl saw the mouse and the mouse looked good, she invited the mouse for a tea, the mouse said, “No, I’ll have tea with Gruffalo.” The owl said, “Gruffalo? What’s a Gruffalo?” The mouse said, “Gruffalo has knobbly knees and turned out toes.” The owl was scared and ran away. A snake saw the mouse and the mouse looked good, the snake invited the mouse
for a feast.
The mouse said, “No, I’ll have feast with Gruffalo.” “Gruffalo? What´s a Gruffalo?” asked the snake. “The mouse said, ‘’Gruffalo has orange eyes, black tongue and purple prickles all over his back.” The snake was scared and ran away. The
mouse was walking and then he saw the Gruffalo. A terrible creature and his favorite food is mouse. But the mouse said to Gruffalo, “Don’t want to eat me. I’m terrible creature”. Then Gruffalo and the mouse were walking in the woods. They saw the snake, she was scared of Gruffalo and ran away. Then they saw the owl, she was scared of Gruffalo and ran away. After, they saw the fox, she was scared and ran away. Gruffalo thought the mouse was a terrible creature, he was scared of the mouse and ran
away. The mouse was happy eating a nut.
The witch had an orange cat and a long tall hat. They sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind. The wind blew on the witch’s hat. The Witch went to the ground, but no hat could be found. A dog found the hat. The dog asked, “Is there a room on
the broom for me?” And the witch said “Yes” and they jumped on the broomstick. The wind blew the witch’s bow. The witch went to the ground. But no bow could be found. A bird found the witch’s bow and the bird asked “Is there a room on the broom for me?” And the witch said, “Yes.” and the bird flew on the broomstick.
The rain blew the witch’s wand. The witch went to the ground. But no wand could be found. A frog found the wand and he asked, “Is there a room on the broom for me”? The witch said, “Yes.” And the frog jumped on the broomstick. They were flying and the frog jumped on
the broomstick. Then, the broom broke in two. The animals went
to the ground. A dragon wanted to eat the witch. The dragon got the witch. But the animals in the mud were like a monster and the dragon
was scared. The witch said, “Thank very much.” Each animal got one thing and gave to the witch. The witch put everything on the caldron and made a new broomstick with chairs for everyone. And they flew away.
Capa da hist贸ria: Zog
Madam Dragon had a school
and Zog was the keenest of them all. He wanted a golden star. All the dragons in Year 1 were learning how to fly. Zog went off to practice. But he crashed into a
tree. A little girl came and helped him. He was happy and flew in the sky. In year 2 all the dragons were learning how to roar, Zog went off to practice, but his throat grew horse. A little girl gave him peppermint pills and he was good. In year 3 all the dragons were learning how to blow fire, Zog went off to practice. Then his wing got fire. A little girl come and helped him again and he was good .
In year 4 all the dragons were learning how to capture a princess. But Zog couldn’t capture a princess, he was sad and he cried, then the little girl said, “Capture me. I’m Princess Pearl.” Then Zog captured Princess Pearl and he won a Golden star,
he was happy. Madan Dragon was happy about Zog. Princess Pearl was also happy there. She helped all the dragons. In year 5 all the dragons were learning how to fight , then Madam Dragon said, “Here comes a real knight.” Zog fought with Gadabout. Gadabout got the sword out, but Princess Pearl said. “Stop you are silly. I don’t want to go. I want to stay here and be a doctor.” Gadabout said, “Me too, I want to be a doctor and help people.” Zog had an idea, “I can be the ambulance and fly you everywhere. Then the flying doctors flew
through the blue sky.
Authors: Ana Clara Ramos Casemiro André Nakagawa Oliveira Andréa Osako Kudo Felipe Aguiar Carvalho Francesca Avella Cimino Meirelles Gustavo Gonçalves Lopes Henrique Kenji Uchiyama Júlia Alves de Amorim Cruz Júlia de Oliveira Camillo Julia Tiemi Kageyama Tano Letícia Yumi Zotelli Yaedu Lucas Noronha de Lima Luiza Yukimi Michida Govino Manuela Seixas Arantes Maria Clara Castro Oliveira Maria Eduarda Caproni Ferraz Maria Fernanda Rabelo Pinto Mariana de Carvalho Almeida Naomi Rezende Taborda Tanji Rafael Daiki Ando Said Chokr Ferreira Sophia Abreu Fleger