Whoosh

Ages: 5-11

A fisherman in a storm has a strange encounter…

Watch this video with your children, and then try some of our teaching and activity ideas below.

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

Write your own story with the title ‘Whoosh’.
Think of some narration for this story.
Describe the setting of this animation.
Describe the character. Who is he? What is he doing?
Pause the video at different points (e.g. 0:08, 0:18, 0:25, 0:45 and 1:02) and write a paragraph to describe what is happening.
Write a prequel to this story. Where has the man been? Where is he going?
Write the next part of the story. What happens to the man and his boat?
Who is the mysterious character that the man sees? Where did it come from? Create a new story in which this character appears.
Imagine that you could interview the characters in the animation. What would you ask them? How might they respond?

Create your own model boat and test if it floats.
Compete with your friends to design (and build) a model boat that will carry the largest amount of cargo.