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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines
Abomination by Robert Swindells
Across the Barricades by Joan Lingard
Adam's Common by David Wiseman
Animal Farm by George Orwell
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All themes are equal ... (06/08/2010)
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An engaging series of activities to explore themes in the novel. (Pages 1 & 7 work best enlarged to A3.) Includes a Promethean Flipchart version of some of the tasks.
KS4
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Sources of the satire (06/08/2010)
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An excellent pre-reading research task for pairs or small groups. Internet or library access essential.
KS4
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Examination examples (06/08/2010)
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Extract based, exam style questions plus a useful guide to planning a response. Answers to matching task: 1d, 2b, 3h, 4a, 5c, 6g, 7f, 8e.
KS4
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Satire and symbols (06/08/2010)
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A range of activities to take a detailed look at Orwell's language and style in this novel.
KS4
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Plotting the rise and fall (06/08/2010)
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Using Freitag's triangle, students explore the structure of the novel and then write a script for new animated versions of Chapters 1 and 10.
KS4
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Down on the farm (06/08/2010)
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Thoughtful tasks to encourage a detailed analysis of the novel's setting.
KS4
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OFSTAD inspection (06/08/2010)
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OFSTAD are coming to inspect the quality of leadership and management on Animal Farm. An engaging speaking and listening activity.
KS4
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Familiar with the farm (06/08/2010)
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A whole stack of lovely tasks on characters in the novel along with an interactive version of task 1.
KS4
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Farmyard tasks (30/07/2010)
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A herd of oinktastic resources that focus on key chapters and events.
KS4
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The election race (22/05/2009)Drama Ed

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A group speaking and listening activity in which students devise their own political parties and run an election campaign.
KS3 | KS4
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Propaganda techniques (07/05/2009)
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A list of various propaganda techniques followed by two tasks.
KS4
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Squealer's speech (07/05/2009)KS4 Ed

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A list of language techniques used by propagandists in their speeches. Read these and annote Squealer's speech accordingly. (Use in conjunction with 'Propaganda techniques' resource.)
KS4
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Exploring Chapter Four (09/06/2006)
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Twelve questions, a summary task (the story so far) and 'Front Page Story' on The Battle.
KS3 | KS4
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Initial letter prompt quiz - teacher copy (17/10/2005)
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Answers to the quiz.
KS3 | KS4
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Animal Farm Blockbuster (17/10/2005)
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Initial letter prompt quiz based on the television show. Teachers' copy also available.
KS3 | KS4
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Animal Farm images (12/07/2005)
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Key quotes and images of characters from Animal Farm.
KS3 | KS4
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Power pamphlet - sample (01/10/2000)
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A lovely sample first page.
KS3 | KS4
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Power: How to get and keep it (01/10/2000)
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An interesting tasksheet for creating Napoleon's guide to changing the system.
KS3 | KS4
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Assorted short stories
Billy the Kid by Michael Morpurgo
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Blitzed by Robert Swindells
Boy by Roald Dahl
Brave New Words
Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells
Buddy by Nigel Hinton
Bumface by Morris Gleitzman
Canon Fire
Comparing short stories
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Darkside by Tom Becker
Daz 4 Zoe by Robert Swindells
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Face by Benjamin Zephaniah
Fantastic Beasts (Harry Potter) by J.K. Rowling
Fat Boy Swim by Catherine Forde
Flour Babies by Anne Fine
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter
Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah
Goggle Eyes by Anne Fine
Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Grinny by Nicholas Fisk
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling
Hold On by Alan Gibbons
Holes by Louis Sachar
I am David by Anne Holm
I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill
Introducing Dickens
Journey to Jo'burg by Beverley Naidoo
Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
Madame Doubtfire
Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce
My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
Myths and Legends
Nightmare in Yellow by Fredric Brown
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Opening words Magnet activities
Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Reading skills
Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah
Roald Dahl's short stories
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Room 13 by Robert Swindells
Scarper Jack and the Bloodstained Room by Christopher Russell
Shadow of the Minotaur
Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Skellig by David Almond
Smash by Robert Swindells
Stone Cold by Robert Swindells
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
The Ant Colony by Jenny Valentine
The Bike by Alan Sillitoe
The Black Book of Secrets by F.E. Higgins
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross
The Doomspell by Cliff McNish
The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman
The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively
The Kingdom by the Sea by Robert Westall
The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall
The Midnight Fox
The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
The Railway Children (Ladybird abridged version)
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
The Secret Diary of Anne Frank
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman
The Story of King Arthur by Robin Lister
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler by Gene Kemp
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Wind Singer by William Nicholson
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The Yellowcake Conspiracy by Stephen Davies
Throwaways by Ian Strachan
Tins by Alex Shearer
Tunnels by Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams
Twilight by Stephanie Myers
Two Weeks with the Queen by Morris Gleitzman
Whispers in the Graveyard by Theresa Breslin
Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo
Wilderness by Roddy Doyle
Witch Child by Celia Rees

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