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Bird is a wordless picture book. The opening pages show four small black-and-white diagrams of a bird flying, and the time of day written below. The next page shows a bird in flight on the left and a young child in a white outfit on the right. The following pages show the child adjusting the outfit—tightening the cap, putting on goggles, fastening buckles. Then we see that the outfit includes wings and that the child is preparing to fly. Together with another child dressed in black, they place a long board over a thick block. The child in black leaps onto one end of the board, launching the first child into the air. The subsequent pages show the child transitioning into a bird. The watercolour illustrations are dreamlike but realistic, done in black, white and grey with subtle hints of colour. The child’s face is poetic, with soft shadows and a striking attention to detail. The facial expression is calm but calculated. The lack of narrative allows for each person to find their own story within. One illustration that covers two pages shows the child in white standing on the edge of the board, arms outstretched toward the other child, whose feet are visible near the top of the page as they leap into the air. In the background, blackbirds circle as if in anticipation. While the illustrations are virtually colourless, the mood is more serene than bleak. Bird offers a strange world with striking images and an invitation to each reader to discover the multitude of possible narratives, to do what the back of the book suggests: “Let your imagination fly.”
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Learning Intention
Students will consider how their thinking changes over the course of a story as additional details are revealed.
Links to the Program of Study – English Language Arts – Elementary
The student follows a response process by developing a personal response process in the context of a community of readers through: (QEP, 78)
o Discussion of responses with others individually, in small groups and in the whole class
o Development of opinions on literary or popular texts
o Sharing of responses with others to clarify meaning and enrich interpretation
Context (Before Reading)
1. Show students with the book cover, inviting them to turn and talk about what they notice. Facilitate conversation around the colour choice in the illustration and predictions as to the book’s content.
2. Inform students that as a reader discovers a story, their thinking is constantly changing. Each new piece of information adds to their understanding and also causes them to question what they thought they knew.
3. Encourage students to “turn up the volume” on their inner thoughts (or thinking voice) as they experience the wordless picture book.
Procedure (During Reading)
4. Provide students with a 4-column organizer or have students create their own 4-column organizer by folding a sheet of paper into quarters. Columns should be titled: I’m Thinking, Now I’m Thinking, Now I’m Thinking, Now I Think.
5. Share each page of the text slowly, allowing students to clearly see each image. Stop at the following points to allow students to write in their organizer. Students requiring more structure may be provided with prompts such as “I notice,” “I think,” and “I wonder.” Stopping points: 11:00, 11:30, double-page spread after 12:00, last page.
6. Cycle 2 students would benefit from talking in small groups of 2-3 halfway through the book and focusing on the question, “How did your thinking change between two stopping points?”
Integration (After Reading)
7. In small groups of 2-3, students discuss how their thinking changed over the course of the text. Synthesize discussions with the whole class.
8. Students reflect on their thinking in their reader/writer notebooks.
Extensions
1. Encourage students to try to “turn up the volume” on their inner thoughts (thinking voice) during a portion of their independent reading. How does it change their understanding and enjoyment of the book?
Links, Resources, References
o Copibec: https://www.copibec.ca/en/agreement-elementary-highschool
Pedagogical application created by the Ministère de l’Éducation
