Gran and the Spider

Gran and the Spider is a recount by a boy about a trip to the museum with his gran.  The narrator knows the only thing that scares his intrepid grandmother is spiders.  In heavy traffic, a spider drops into her lap – but she doesn’t see it.  Should he tell her?  The style is friendly and conversational.

The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Illustrations support the text but not all events are illustrated.  A thought balloon appears in art.  Bold face and italic are used for emphasis.  Dashes and parentheses are used.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that tells how to write a recount.

Some words may require clarification: residing, crested, apprehensively, gasped.  Similes: like eight-legged teddy bears with fangs, like a pirate’s parrot, like a crazy eight-legged badge. Metaphor: terror ran up my spine.  Alliteration: pirate’s parrot.

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