We love this book because it is:
great for encouraging reluctant readers
an accessible colour illustrated chapter book
full of opportunities for reading but broken up into manageable chunks with lots of short sentences
Learning opportunities:
Writing: work as a group to write a set of instructions for the first level of a video game
Writing: create your own No Fun Plan like King Viking
Art: design & create a cartoon strip for your own video game
ICT: design the villain for your computer game
Writing: create the hero for your video game & write his back story in a flashback (pg 15)
Grammar: time connectives, prepositions & descriptive language
PSHE: gaming
Visit the Nosy Crow website to download their resources: Nosy Crow Press Start
Take a sneak peek inside the book here: See Inside