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What do you think the word ‘flotsam’ means? From what you know about the story,
could you take a guess?
Flotsam is the wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed up by
the sea.
Here is a news article about a real life incident where a camera was washed up on a
beach and the photographs were still on the camera:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43579098
For English this week, I have thought of a range of activities related to Flotsam that
you could do. Choose any of the activities that you would like (you do not have to
do them all – there are nine in total so that you can pick whichever ones you would
like to do).
Activity 1
We are going to be using some of the pictures from Flotsam to record our ideas
about what we think is happening. We are going to focus on what we can observe
happening and what the pictures make us wonder.
Look at my example.
Observe
I can see lots of fish swimming in the sea.
There is one fish that looks mechanical as it has
propellers and handles that are making it move.
The fish look similar to the fish that is on the
front cover of the book.
Wonder
I wonder if the real fish know that the other fish
is not real.
I wonder how the fish still works even though it
is underwater.
I wonder if the fish needs someone to wind it
up before it can move.
What do you observe/wonder about these pictures?
Activity 1
In an acrostic poem, the first letters of each line spell out the subject of the poem.
You are going to create an acrostic poem based on the book Flotsam. Remind
yourself about the story by watching this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MTKWnxzqvM
Activity 2 – Create an acrostic poem
The word that you are going to use for your acrostic poem is ‘Flotsam’. Each letter
than is in the word will be the start of a line of your poem. Think about the
different creatures you saw in the story to help you.
Activity 2 – Create an acrostic poem
F
L
O
T
S
A
M
Activity 2 – Create an acrostic poem
Can you use freeze frames to act out what is happening in each page of the story?
Think about what each character is doing at the different points in the story. Use facial
expressions and body language to show what the characters are doing/feeling.
Activity 3 – Act out the story
We know lots about persuasive writing from creating our leaflets about London.
Create a poster, radio advert or television advert to persuade people to buy the
camera that is in the story. It is called ‘Melville Underwater Camera’.
Activity 4 – Create a persuasive advert
Look at the pictures on the next few slides. Can you use thought bubbles and speech
bubbles to show what the characters might be thinking or saying?
Activity 5 – Writing conversations
The creatures in the story are all quite unusual. For example, there is a mechanical
fish, an octopus that reads a book and giant star fish!
Invent your own sea creature that could also appear in the story. It could be based on
a sea creature that already exists. Then, write a short description about your sea
creature.
Activity 6 – Create your own sea creature and describe it
In the story there is a mechanical fish. Explain how the mechanical fish works. For
example, what makes its tail move? How does its mouth open and close? How do its
fins move? Can it change direction? You could even draw a detailed diagram of how it
works. Have a look at an example from a book called Until I met Dudley. It is a book full
of bizarre explanations for how different objects work.
Activity 7 – Write an explanation
Activity 7 – Write an explanation
Research the history of the camera. Could you create a timeline showing how
cameras have changed over time? When was the first camera invented? When were
digital cameras invented?
Activity 8 – Research and report
Imagine that the boy in the story shares his findings about the camera and the
photographs. Write a newspaper report that gives the reader details about what has
been discovered. You could use the link to the article about a real-life discovery of an
underwater camera to help you (at the beginning of the PowerPoint).
Alternatively, you could imagine that you are reporting about the incident on television.
You could even ask someone to film you!
Activity 9 – Create a newspaper/television report