Today we tried a great thinking activity during reading.

MrsP was reading us “Rowan of Rin” and the villagers were trying to decide whether or not to climb the mountain to see if they could find out what was blocking the stream.

We stopped reading and got into two groups:

• one group discussed why the villagers should go to find out why the stream had stopped;
• the second group discussed why the villagers shouldn’t go.

Then the two groups stood face to face and made an alley-way up the middle. Then we chose a student to be a villager and walk up the alley.

 

As the villager walked up the alley, everyone (one person at a time) said their a reason to either go up/ or not go up the mountain. 

At the end of the alley the villager had to make a decision about what she would do. Today the villager decided to go up the mountain!

This was just as well, because the villagers in the story also decided they had to climb the mountain too 🙂

• Do you believe that this activity helped you to think more deeply about the decision that the villagers had to make?
• Did you feel more involved in the story after thinking about the story in this way?