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Can you find them? | ||
Based on 'No Trumpets Needed', a wordsearch with a difference. | |||
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Comparing hearts | ||
Using student notes as prompt, students compare 'The Heart of Another' with 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. The comparison covers structure, style and theme. | |||
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Gothic match-up | ||
Match the characteristics of the gothic novel with evidence from 'The Writing on the Wall' and 'The Ghost in the Bride's Chamber'. | |||
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Point, paragraph, pass! | ||
Based on 'The Destructors'. A little bit of circuit, a little bit of summary and a lot of thinking! Students respond to points, turn each others' ideas into paragraphs and then summarise what has been said to comment on the author's purpose. | |||
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Telling porkies | ||
Get your students telling porkies! This resource, to be used after reading 'Porkies', shows students how they can tweak their autobiographical details to create a convincing porkie. | |||
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Splendiforous vocab! | ||
A fun activity based on 'Billy the Kid'. Using the words Billy mishears, students make new words based on the text and research new word dictionaries on-line. Answer sheet included. | |||
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Comparing stories | ||
A fab planning sheet to prepare an essay comparing 'The Cats', 'The Brazilian Cat', 'To Build a Fire' and 'A Vendetta'. Students find evidence to support points which guide their comparison, then structure the essay. | |||
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Folk story | ||
A great resource. Using 'The Ugly Wife' as a template, students write a modern folk tale. Complete with a support sheet for more guidance. | |||
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What's my icon? | ||
Based on the 'Tinker's Curse', this fun resource about symbolism and finding evidence to support choices that works equally well as a speaking and listening exercise or as a written task. Would also work well on the IWB. | |||
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Zones of proximity | ||
Based on 'The Star-Child'. Students arrange given comments or quotes in zones of proximity to show which are most relevant for dicsussing the given statement. | |||
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