Leon and the Place Between

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I re-read and re-reviewed this book after years of attending grammar training with it being the sole book used across counties which put me off. Thank goodness I returned years later to enjoy it for what it is. We are using this text for our remote guided reading using literacy shed VIPERS. This resource has some lovely ideas to support the text and engage the childrens curiosity as we go through it. Thank you! Landing (If time allows): Invite real-life circus acts into school to perform to the children or chn to create their own talent show.

This book about a boy and his siblings who go to the circus and come across the great magician called Abdul Kazam is just thrilling. It captures the real tension and excitement of the circus and live performance in the best way. The facial expressions of the characters and the way the text is presented gives the readers a magical experience as they move through the narrative. If you are about to start this wonderful book in your literacy lessons, this bundle could save you so much time! Everything is saved in a format so that you can edit as much or as little as you like. Leon goes to the place between, an almost liminal space between the magical and the real world. I think that this is a great point of creativity for children to explore, particularly in a sense of what is inside the place between and the morality behind being sent there. An equally interesting topic of debate is the magician, who seems so mysterious yet almost ominous, creating a feeling of awe and unease. It would definitely be valuable to talk about how an author creates such conflicting feelings. This ks2 reading resource has different levels of differentiation and starting points for your Year 3 / Year 4 class and includes the answers.Pause the story at the point when Leon is about to enter the box. Should he go in? Make a list of ‘for’ and ‘against’ arguments.

Leon attends a circus show with his friends who are all hoping to lose themselves to the magic and mystery of the event. Leon though is sceptical until the magic begins and he is instantaneously bewitched. Like Alice in Wonderland, he is soon transported to another realm and place where the 'magic takes you' and never lets go. This is a three-week Writing Root for the story Leon and the Place Betweenby Angela McAllister. Throughout the sequence of learning children will explore the author’s language and use it as the basis for their own descriptive writing.They will explore the characters’ thoughts and emotions and take part in drama activities, leading to writing in role and the creation of dialogue.Using the structure of the original story, children will plan their own version of the story where their own character enters a magical world.This Writing Root would work most effectively in a LKS2 class, with links to other fantasy stories. It will be beneficial to have at least five or six copies of the text so that each group of learners can interact with and explore the text. Synopsis of Text:Linda: I like this book because it is very interesting and it's also a little bit connected to our unit because we can express magic. Use a ‘place between’ in a story of your own. Where could your story’s ‘place between’ be? Where is it between? What is it like? What happens there? We've got a range of lovely activities perfect for use alongside this book. Why not challenge your class to add a hidden chapter to the story, or write an alternate ending? Your class could write up their ideas on these Wizard Writing Frames to create a magical classroom display of writing. Or for a fun starter task, why not try our Magic Word Search , featuring related words such as magic, potions and wand. Thank you. The resources saved much valuable time in preparation and ideal for the targeted learning. Thank you. The resources saved much valuable time in preparation and ideal for the targeted learning. There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root. Coverage: Word List Words

A lovely read for your KS1 class, this magical adventure is a wonderful opportunity for some great learning, including lots of fun maths and literacy activities around magic and superheroes. Leon and the Place Between Literacy Activities With his beloved soft toy Lionheart at his side, Richard has the courage to confront his night-time fears. This enchanting picture book has warm, atmospheric illustrations.A nice book, with interesting illustrations and a lot of imagination. It will be a great book for my "Show Must Go On" school theme, and I'm sure the children will like it and be enchanted by the illustrations. I haven't gone through everything, but seems like these recources perfectly match the PoR teaching sequence. You have saved me so much work. Thank you!

How do the illustrations in this book compare with those in other picture books? Which do you prefer? Why? English unit based on Angela McAllister’s ‘Leon and the Place Between’ book and based on planning from CLPE. Leon and the Place Between written by Graham Baker-Smith is a delightful tale featuring Leon and an exciting magic show. Wanting to prove to his brothers and sister that magic really exists, Leon volunteers to be in Abdul Kazam's magic show and gets transported to a mysterious world. Filled with rabbits, doves, playing cards and magician's assistants - among other things - if a magician can make it disappear, it will end up in the Place Between! Your class are challenged to identify different nouns, verb, adjectives and adverbs from the story and group them.I give this book five stars out of five because it is really interesting and is a adventure book and I’m like that person , so that’s why I really like this book and I hope other people like this book to . Look at the use of different fonts and font sizes in the story. Could you use a similar effect to publish a story of your own using a word processor or publishing software? We loved it! The story is really sweet, its about believing in magic. Which i personally loved because im all about kids being kids and holding onto the magic for as long as possible!