Some of her novels for adults have been successfully reissued for the young adult market in recent years. (Ages 9 and older) -Emilie Coulter About the Author:Įva Ibbotson, born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner, was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's books. Likable heroines, loathsome villains, and splendid adventures-along with Kevin Hawkes's appealing ink illustrations-make Ibbotson's novels a must for every bookshelf. Maia, however, is resourceful enough to find herself smack in the middle of more excitement than she ever imagined, from a mysterious 'Indian' with an inheritance, to an itinerant actor dreading his impending adolescence, to a remarkable journey down the Amazon in search of the legendary giant sloth.Įva Ibbotson, author of Dial-A- Ghost, Island of the Aunts, and other positively delightful and droll fantasies, won a Gold Award for this book in the 2001 Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes. Unfortunately, no one cautions Maia about her nasty, xenophobic cousins, who douse the house in bug spray and forbid her from venturing beyond their coiffed compound. She believes she is in for brightly colored macaws, enormous butterflies, and 'curtains of sweetly scented orchids trailing from the trees.' Her British classmates warn her of man-eating alligators and wild, murderous Indians. The English unit has strong links with PSHCE as it explores the themes of prejudice and discrimination in ‘Journey to the River Sea’ as well as learning that personal behaviours can affect other people.Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, English orphan Maia is excited.

The unit covers word classes, prepositions, relative clauses, determiners, cohesion, subject and verb agreement, perfect form of verbs and irregular verbs. As well as four rich writing opportunities (non-chronological report writing, biography writing, poetry and persuasive writing) the unit covers many punctuation and grammar aspects through bespoke teaching videos and teaching slides. The unit covers non-chronological report writing (based on the Amazon Rainforest) biography writing, poetry and persuasive writing. This is the first week from a full scheme of work for Upper Key Stage 2 children comprises of 60 x 1 hour English lesson plans and ALL resources (differentiated) for a 12 week unit centered around ‘Journey to the River Sea’ by Eva Ibbotson. Week 1 from the full scheme of work described here:

Eva ibbotson journey to the river sea