Swarm of Bees

Swarm of Bees is a realistic recount by a young boy who plays an imaginative, outdoor game with his older brother, Ryan.  A misunderstanding leads to Ryan being relentlessly attacked by a swarm of bees.  After the emergency crew leaves Ryan safely at home, the narrator is overjoyed to learn that his brother doesn’t hold him responsible.   The story is told in dialogue and first-person narrative.

The story has a beginning, middle, end structure.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Illustrations support the text but not all events are illustrated.  Quotation marks and exclamation marks are used.  Boldface is used for emphasis.  The book concludes with a two-page spread explaining the characteristics of a recount.

Some words may require clarification: elements, scorching, ashes, swarm, pretence, desperately, relentlessly, vinegary, tsunami.  Similes: like a squadron on a blitz mission, like zooming jets.

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