The Assignment
The Assignment.
The adventure of the Gibbelins treasure
It was a fierce stormy day outside, and the trees were shaking from side to side like someone was pushing them. James, Mark and Emily were all very bored in the house. They lived with only there father. Their father had rushed out on an emergency at work and told them they weren’t allowed to leave the house because of the weather. James was left in charge as he is the oldest at thirteen. Mark was ten and Emily was eight. James found it very difficult because Mark and Emily were very bored from being locked up in the house and started to have a play fight. It got out of hand and a vase was broken. It was one of there dads birthday presents. James pushed Mark off of Emily into the basement door. The door swung open. Their father had always told them never to go down there. The three of them all looked at the stairs leading down to the bottom of the basement. Then James and Mark started to walk down them while Emily stood at the top urging them not to. They didn’t listen to her and carried on walking down the stairs. Emily ran down after them because she didn’t want to miss out. As they were looking through the old things down there they cam across a map. It said at the top of it The hoard of the Gibbelins. They all could remember their grandfather telling them a story about the gibblens treasure before they used to go to bed. All they could remember was that many people tried to find this treasure but never succeeded. Mark and Emily believe that the treasure is still there, whereas James told them not to be silly and there is no such thing and to all go back upstairs. Emily decides that she is going to take the map and find the treasure herself. Mark says that he can find it quicker than her. James listening to their conversation who has always been very competitive decides he is up for the challenge, so they all set off in a race to find the treasure. Emily rushes off on her pink bike and heads up to the coast where the treasure is meant to be. Just as she reaches the coast there was a nail on the path and punchers her wheel on her bike. She then has a look around and realises that she is lost. She sits on the floor and starts to cry and waits for one of her brothers to find her. Shortly after she had left Mark rushed off sprinting down the road. Mark was a very fast runner and had won two gold medals at his last sports day. As he runs he doesn’t realise the he’s laces are coming lose. He then tripped and grazed he knee that started to blood slightly. He then sat on the floor like Emily and waited to see one of the other to. James left the house last out of the three on his skate board. He loved his skate board and took it everywhere with him. He was going so fast he didn’t see the sticks in from of him. They got caught up in the wheels and he went flying forward. As he fell on the floor he could hear Emily crying just round the corner. He went to see her and gave her a big hug. The both decided to go home. They weren’t walking for long when they came across Mark sitting on the floor. His knee had stopped bleeding at this point. Mark decided to join them walking home. When they got back to the house they were only there for five minutes where there father pulled up in the car. They all realised his vase was broken. There dad walked in and saw the vase smashed on the floor. They all ran up and hugged him and said that they were really sorry. There father turned round and said its ok I wanted to get rid of it anyway, and so they all laughed. There father then said that because he felt bad for leaving them earlier he had bought them all ice cream to say sorry. They all decide that the ice cream was the treasure after all.
The End
The Adventure of the Gibbelins Treasure is an adaptation of the original tale, The hoard of the Gibbelins. This adaptation still focuses on them ail plot The hoard of the Gibbelins, but has been made modernised and is more suitable for use at this present time. The adaptation is about two brothers and a sister all being told about the tale by their grandfather, and then all going on their separate adventures to see if the Gibbelins treasure really did exist. The original tale was written in Victorian times and for older children. However, children in Victorian times were made to act a lot older than what they really were and even looked older. The Hoard of the Gibbelins in this case would probably have been suitable for young children in that time. Children today are more like children rather than young adults. The adventure of the Gibbelins treasure has been written for children in the age range of five to seven. The language is a lot simpler than the original story and more appropriate for children in this age. Children’s attention span is not very long. They need to be interested in what is being read or otherwise they will simply switch off. This is why the language is simpler. Children today would not understand the language and the words that were used in The Hoard of the Gibbelins. The title of the story has been adapted because children like adventure and the title really needs to catch there eye.
There has been a lot of research into children’s literature. It is very hard to write for children. Some say it’s harder to write for children than what it is to write for adults. You have to be very specific in the way you write things and be very careful wheat you write about It is important the child is interested in what is written or otherwise they will not want to read it. Literature opens doors for thinking and feeling. Children enjoy the experience of standing some else’s shoes (Jacobs, 1978). In The Adventure of the Gibbelins treasure, the child can experience the adventure that is being told and enjoy it from someone else’s point of view. Young children are active explores and thinkers. They identify easily with events and people in literature. They can relate to what they hear or read through their own experiences (Jacobs, 1978). The Hoard of the Gibbelins was a Victorian tale. These tales centuries ago were very different and usually written for adults. These were then adapted to what is known as fairy tales, for children to read. They had been adapted for a younger audience so that children can identify easily with the events that have taken place. Even though children could probably cope with things like heads being chopped off, adults wanted them to be changed to protect the children. This tale has been adapted because children wouldn’t be able to understand the period of time.
The original story of The Hoard of the Gibbelins is written in an omniscient point of view. This is where the narrator knows everything about the characters and the story. Many writers do not recommend using this style of point of view, for example Tessa Krailing. Krailing suggests that this type of narration has no reader involvement and does not recommend it for writing for children (Krailing, 1988). As it was said earlier, children have short attention spans and need to be interested. If omniscient point of view does not involve the reader, how could you expect a child of five to seven to stay interested? It can be argued that many children’s books are written in this style, for example Harry Potter. These books, however, are written for older children and adults rather than children of the age’s five to seven. You would not expect a child of this age to be able to read a book like this. The adventure of the Gibbelins treasure has been adapted to a third person objective point of view. This point of view is where the narrator can only relate to reader what he has seen or heard. This is more suitable for children as it keeps them interested and involved. Third person point of view was also chosen as it is very hard to write in first person especially when writing for children as they can become very confused.
References
JACOBS, L.B. (1978) Using Literature with young children. New York: Teachers College press. P.31.
JACOBS. L.B. (1978) Using Literature with young children. New York: Teachers College press. P.33.
KRAILING. T. (1988) How to write for children. London: Allison and Busby, Ltd. P.29.
It was a fierce stormy day outside, and the trees were shaking from side to side like someone was pushing them. James, Mark and Emily were all very bored in the house. They lived with only there father. Their father had rushed out on an emergency at work and told them they weren’t allowed to leave the house because of the weather. James was left in charge as he is the oldest at thirteen. Mark was ten and Emily was eight. James found it very difficult because Mark and Emily were very bored from being locked up in the house and started to have a play fight. It got out of hand and a vase was broken. It was one of there dads birthday presents. James pushed Mark off of Emily into the basement door. The door swung open. Their father had always told them never to go down there. The three of them all looked at the stairs leading down to the bottom of the basement. Then James and Mark started to walk down them while Emily stood at the top urging them not to. They didn’t listen to her and carried on walking down the stairs. Emily ran down after them because she didn’t want to miss out. As they were looking through the old things down there they cam across a map. It said at the top of it The hoard of the Gibbelins. They all could remember their grandfather telling them a story about the gibblens treasure before they used to go to bed. All they could remember was that many people tried to find this treasure but never succeeded. Mark and Emily believe that the treasure is still there, whereas James told them not to be silly and there is no such thing and to all go back upstairs. Emily decides that she is going to take the map and find the treasure herself. Mark says that he can find it quicker than her. James listening to their conversation who has always been very competitive decides he is up for the challenge, so they all set off in a race to find the treasure. Emily rushes off on her pink bike and heads up to the coast where the treasure is meant to be. Just as she reaches the coast there was a nail on the path and punchers her wheel on her bike. She then has a look around and realises that she is lost. She sits on the floor and starts to cry and waits for one of her brothers to find her. Shortly after she had left Mark rushed off sprinting down the road. Mark was a very fast runner and had won two gold medals at his last sports day. As he runs he doesn’t realise the he’s laces are coming lose. He then tripped and grazed he knee that started to blood slightly. He then sat on the floor like Emily and waited to see one of the other to. James left the house last out of the three on his skate board. He loved his skate board and took it everywhere with him. He was going so fast he didn’t see the sticks in from of him. They got caught up in the wheels and he went flying forward. As he fell on the floor he could hear Emily crying just round the corner. He went to see her and gave her a big hug. The both decided to go home. They weren’t walking for long when they came across Mark sitting on the floor. His knee had stopped bleeding at this point. Mark decided to join them walking home. When they got back to the house they were only there for five minutes where there father pulled up in the car. They all realised his vase was broken. There dad walked in and saw the vase smashed on the floor. They all ran up and hugged him and said that they were really sorry. There father turned round and said its ok I wanted to get rid of it anyway, and so they all laughed. There father then said that because he felt bad for leaving them earlier he had bought them all ice cream to say sorry. They all decide that the ice cream was the treasure after all.
The End
The Adventure of the Gibbelins Treasure is an adaptation of the original tale, The hoard of the Gibbelins. This adaptation still focuses on them ail plot The hoard of the Gibbelins, but has been made modernised and is more suitable for use at this present time. The adaptation is about two brothers and a sister all being told about the tale by their grandfather, and then all going on their separate adventures to see if the Gibbelins treasure really did exist. The original tale was written in Victorian times and for older children. However, children in Victorian times were made to act a lot older than what they really were and even looked older. The Hoard of the Gibbelins in this case would probably have been suitable for young children in that time. Children today are more like children rather than young adults. The adventure of the Gibbelins treasure has been written for children in the age range of five to seven. The language is a lot simpler than the original story and more appropriate for children in this age. Children’s attention span is not very long. They need to be interested in what is being read or otherwise they will simply switch off. This is why the language is simpler. Children today would not understand the language and the words that were used in The Hoard of the Gibbelins. The title of the story has been adapted because children like adventure and the title really needs to catch there eye.
There has been a lot of research into children’s literature. It is very hard to write for children. Some say it’s harder to write for children than what it is to write for adults. You have to be very specific in the way you write things and be very careful wheat you write about It is important the child is interested in what is written or otherwise they will not want to read it. Literature opens doors for thinking and feeling. Children enjoy the experience of standing some else’s shoes (Jacobs, 1978). In The Adventure of the Gibbelins treasure, the child can experience the adventure that is being told and enjoy it from someone else’s point of view. Young children are active explores and thinkers. They identify easily with events and people in literature. They can relate to what they hear or read through their own experiences (Jacobs, 1978). The Hoard of the Gibbelins was a Victorian tale. These tales centuries ago were very different and usually written for adults. These were then adapted to what is known as fairy tales, for children to read. They had been adapted for a younger audience so that children can identify easily with the events that have taken place. Even though children could probably cope with things like heads being chopped off, adults wanted them to be changed to protect the children. This tale has been adapted because children wouldn’t be able to understand the period of time.
The original story of The Hoard of the Gibbelins is written in an omniscient point of view. This is where the narrator knows everything about the characters and the story. Many writers do not recommend using this style of point of view, for example Tessa Krailing. Krailing suggests that this type of narration has no reader involvement and does not recommend it for writing for children (Krailing, 1988). As it was said earlier, children have short attention spans and need to be interested. If omniscient point of view does not involve the reader, how could you expect a child of five to seven to stay interested? It can be argued that many children’s books are written in this style, for example Harry Potter. These books, however, are written for older children and adults rather than children of the age’s five to seven. You would not expect a child of this age to be able to read a book like this. The adventure of the Gibbelins treasure has been adapted to a third person objective point of view. This point of view is where the narrator can only relate to reader what he has seen or heard. This is more suitable for children as it keeps them interested and involved. Third person point of view was also chosen as it is very hard to write in first person especially when writing for children as they can become very confused.
References
JACOBS, L.B. (1978) Using Literature with young children. New York: Teachers College press. P.31.
JACOBS. L.B. (1978) Using Literature with young children. New York: Teachers College press. P.33.
KRAILING. T. (1988) How to write for children. London: Allison and Busby, Ltd. P.29.
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