After completing our first novel, ‘My Dad’s a Birdman’, Year 6 will be reading ‘The Island’ by Armin Greder.

This is a powerful graphic novel for all ages about how human beings respond to outsiders. When the people of the Island discover a man and a tattered raft on their beach, they are reluctant to take him in. He doesn’t look like them. But they cannot send him back to the sea where he will surely perish. Instead, they put him aside but even that doesn’t solve their problem.

From this we will complete reading journal sessions where we will delve deeper into the meanings behind the book, improve our comprehension skills and look at the vocabulary. We will write a debate during our literacy lessons.

For a critical review on ‘The Island’ watch the video below.