Writing a Synopsis and Peer Review

Describing my project in 10 words:
- Colourful
- Creative
- Friendly
- Helpful
- Eye catching
- Relevant
- Beneficial
- Engaging
- Reassuring
- Exciting

Explaining my project to a family member:
My project is going to be a children's book based around the anxiety that a child may feel, to hopefully help them overcome the fear that is making them feel anxious.

Explaining my project to an unknown professional:
I will be creating a children's book based on helping children overcome any feelings of anxiety that they may have. I will be writing the story myself and creating beautiful, colourful illustrations to accompany the words. I will be using colouring pencils and watercolour paints to make my illustrations come alive. The book will take shape in a handy fair-sized square format, with a hard back cover to help protect the special pages inside.

 My communicative objectives are to:
- entertain
- reassure
- educate

Writing a Synopsis:
My book is called Just Ride Through It and is about a young boy named Saxon who suffers from separation anxiety. He fears going to school and leaving his mother. When he looks at his school his view of it changes and the school turns into a deep, dark forest.
On Monday, he complains of feeling sick, not wanting to go to lessons, not being able to play with other children and wanting to go home. At the end of the day Saxon goes home and tells his mother how he doesn’t like school.
On Tuesday, Saxon wakes up feeling scared again. By the time he gets to school he gets quite upset. Saxon’s mother explains to him that what he is feeling is called anxiety and that it can’t hurt him if he doesn’t allow it to. She tells him to be brave and 'Just ride through it.'
Taking on his mother’s advice, Saxon decides he will ride a race car through his anxiety, and feels much better as he’s sped very fast through the feelings.
On Wednesday, he rides a giraffe through his anxiety. He’s so high up he looks over his feelings of anxiety and feels much better.
On Thursday, he rides a roller coaster. He’s doing too many flips and having too much fun to feel anxious.
On Friday, he rides a space ship. When you’re up in space it’s hard to think about being anxious.
By the end of the week Saxon has found a way to overcome his feelings of anxiety. He’s happy to go into school, go to his lessons and play with other children.


Peer Review
I have done a Peer Review on Keira's project:
Keira will be producing a creative and tasteful children's book taking inspiration from the work of Tang Yau Hoong. Her illustrations will incorporate bold shapes and colours that take on a negative space style, reflecting the theme of social issues that children may have to deal with on a day to day basis.
The book will be a small A5 size, making it easy to carry and will be encased in a hard cover to protect the 32 pages of precious artwork and story inside.

Keira has written a Peer Review on my project:
Lizzy will be producing a wonderful children's book touching upon children's anxiety and ways of how they can overcome it. Colouring pencils and watercolours will be primarily used to create the vibrant and creative illustrations that will accompany her story. The book will be square in shape and of a decent size so that the illustrations and story can be easily read and admired. It will be encased in a hard back cover to protect the 32 pages inside.