We sat in a circle and listened to the sounds of the wood then I read extracts from three books – all woodland setting descriptions. We then all suggested ways to describe a pine comb – lots about! I allowed the children to work alone or with a chosen partner to go off and describe the woods – all senses using similes, adjectives and hopefully metaphors. In the end we gathered together and shared some examples – my favourite was  a description of the birch trees. Emily said they were like ‘oreo sticks’ !