The Invention of Hugo Cabret

To begin our new unit, the children explored a selection of illustrations from the start of the novel, writing about what they could infer and predict from these.

We looked at chapter 1 of the novel and answered a selection of comprehension questions about this.

Using a further illustration from the novel, the children created a ‘flash fiction’. Then included descriptions of who, where when and what within a story, but alluded to the why to engaged the reader.

We then used extracts of chapter 2 and 3 to collect a bank of ‘valuable’ words that the children can then use in their writing. We also found the definitions of these.

To better understand story, the children watched ‘Hugo’.

After creating a boxed-up plan for their narratives, the children began writing, making sure to include the key features from their toolkit.