Willow Plate Narrative

We worked collaboratively to rewrite the Willow Plate poem as a narrative adding more description and using a range of sentence types.

The Willow Plate by Table 3

Many years ago in China there stood a garden where every shade and hue of blue was represented within the carefully arranged flower beds. From sky blue petals of hydrangeas to royal blue irises, the garden was a sea of blue. It was here that the Emperor, who had ruled for many years, stood and watched the soldiers leave to capture his beloved daughter.

Safi

Running, the princess raced across the bridge while the loyal, heavily armed soldiers ran speedily in pursuit.

Shared Writing

The beautiful, elegant princess took the hand of the young, courageous man and escaped the prison grounds. Gripping tightly to her lover’s hand the princess breathed heavily as they approached a boat. Clambering, the couple climbed aboard the vessel and fled to an abandoned cottage on a nearby island.

Malachi

The Emperor went ballistic when he had discovered his daughter had disappeared. He ordered his soldiers to capture the princess and to kill the handsome young man. The soldiers tracked down the couple to a cottage and set it on fire

Tom

As the cottage burst into flames and the roof started to crumble the flames licked the couple’s flesh. Then like magic, two birds, who were the colour of the ocean, appeared from where the lovers once stood. They fled from the island and never returned.

Hana

The Emperor was confused, troubled, worried about the loss of the princess. With a weary sigh, he drooped in sorrow. Slowly, his arms transformed into the gnarled, twisted branches of a willow tree. His body was now a brown, bending trunk and tears fell from the leaves like rain drops.

Niko

He wept and wailed surrounded by a sea of blue. For not a day went by without him missing his daughter. It all happened in ancient China, a long time ago.