The students and I completed an 'active listening' task where I read the story for enjoyment first and then we re read it and this time the students raised their hands each time they heard a word we could add to the chart.
The students ended up with a completely full chart of words from the text. We also made the students infer the personality of the witch from the actions she does. For example, the witch lets all of the animals onto the broom. We can infer from this that the witch is friendly and shares.
The students ended up with a large amount of words that the classroom teacher will now use to demonstrate how to write a description of the witch. The students will then write their own description of the witch based on the modelled writing and using their Y chart words as a starting point.