Daughter of the Regiment - Year 5/6 Library
5 / 6 Faith and 5 / 6 Hope have been reading Daughter of the Regiment by Jackie French during their library lessons. It tells the story of Cecilia, a young colonial girl through the eyes of Harry, who discovers a hole in his chook house wall enabling him to see the past.
As a literacy task, the students looked closely at the conversation that Cecilia has with Sergeant Wilkes about her future in the colony. The students worked in groups to compose the narrative and dialogue of the conversation that Sergeant Wilkes has with Captain Piper regarding Cecelia's wish to remain with the Regiment.
We emailed Jackie French and sent off our published writings as well as photos of our artworks inspired by the novel.
Jackie's was very excited to receive our students work and she gave Mrs Daniher permission to print her reply in the newlsetter:
Dear Louise,
They are brilliant! I love the dialogue, and the different interpretations and the artwork. It was such a joy to read them. Excuse my not writing to each one of you - my back was accidentally fractured during surgery and I'm limited in what I can do. But I loved reading them. Thank you for writing them, for putting so much imagination into each one, and for sending them to me. I loved each one. May you all have so many wonderful years of reading, writing and making your dreams come true. Lots of love, Jackie
Jackie French AM
Author, Historian, Ecologist, Honorary Wombat
Senior Australian of the Year, 2015
Australian Children's Laureate 2014-15
Ambassador, National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature, Patron, Monkey Baa Theatre Company
Patron Book Links
Patron SPELD QLD
Patron, Wombat Protection Society
Ambassador, Code Read Ambassador
w. www. jackiefrench.com
Bravo 5 / 6 Faith and 5 / 6 Hope!
You can access a copy of our students writing using the link below:
Conversations with Captain Piper