Hayley Wells: Children's Literature - I Want My Potty

I Want My Potty

By Tony Ross

from the book of

The Hutchinson

TREASURY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 

SUMMARY:
Published in 1995, I Want My Potty is a funny narrative about a little princess who grows out of her nappy and loves her new potty. She took her potty everywhere with her until one day she is at the top of the castle without it and cries for her potty. Everyone in the kingdom cries out to get her potty and as it was rushed to her, they were a little too late... 
This is a story which is easy to read to younger students using different tones for each character, as a single character is shown on a different page throughout most of the narrative. Tony Ross was also the illustrator of this cute and humorous story. His choice of colours enhance each character making them stand out from the background. This makes the character the main focus of each page. 


USE IN THE CLASS:
I Want My Potty can be used within a classroom for many activities and the development of English such as:
- Looking at how the author creates the characters by using the illustrations and language in the text
- Engaging in conversations and discussions, using active listening behaviour, showing interest, and contributing ideas, information and questions
- Looking at the different ways to express emotion and comparing to the little Princess. 

LINKS TO ACARA:

The above suggestions are all suitable for a year 1 class in English and if I could choose one to carry out with students I would choose looking at the different ways to express emotion because I believe that students can have a lot of fun with this as it isn't only verbal but involves body language as well. This links with The Australian Curriculum within the strand of Language and sub-strand of Language for Interaction, as ACARA (2012) states, students "Explore different ways of expressing emotions, including verbal, visual, body language and facial expressions."