Writer's Eye

I am learning to talk about & write down what I notice with my writers’ eye.

Rat

On our winters walk we found a rat. It was lying on its stomach in the rock garden. It was dead. We decided to look at the rat carefully and talk about and write down all the things we noticed with our writers’ eyes.

“His eyes are open.” Retaj

“His ears look grey, silver, brown and pink.” Charlotte

“The tail is brown and long and stripy.” Summer

“There is a little bit of blood on its nose and stomach.” Esther

 “I thought that rats had pig tails!” Ethan

“I see sharp teeth poking out of his mouth.” Zeb

“The tail looks like a snake.” Leo C

“It looks fluffy and the back legs look really big.” Leo C

“He is really big.” Caleb

“His ears look like triangles.” Caleb

“The colour on the back is black and it is brown on the stomach.” Oliver

 “The hands look human has 5 fingers.” Leo W

“He has teeth are sharp and a little bit yellow.” Una, Defne & Zander

“He has curly ears. Like human ones but smaller.” Emma & Una

“Hi tail looks like a brown rug. It is covered in little hairs and is fluffy at the end.” Emma

“The colour is brown.” Hao Hao

It smells disgusting.” Una

“The tail is long.”

“He got hurt under his arm.”

We measured the rat and it was 30cm long from nose to tail. Its body (from nose to bottom) was 17cm long.

We then looked carefully at the shape and the things we noticed and drew what we saw.