One of my favourite ways to engage upper primary students in writing is having them write the sequel to a suspenseful read-aloud… and there are few books more suspenseful than The Watertower! If you thought picture books were just for little kids, prepare to be surprised. This is a seriously spooky (and sophisticated) read that I think you will enjoy as much as your students. After reading, students compose the first page of a sequel, set 10 years after the events of the first book, which devel