Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
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Presenting opinion | ||
An activity to help students explore Bryson's use of language in chapters 20 and 24. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 13/05/2011 | |||
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Small Island style | ||
Resource to examine the language used by Bryson to describe places and to create humour. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 25/10/2010 | |||
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Bryson's Britain | ||
Pre- and post-reading activities focusing on the presentation of the title's 'small island'. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 11/10/2010 | |||
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Talk about the tour | ||
Speaking and listening tasks preparing a chatshow interview with Bryson and a class debate about Milton Keynes. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 08/10/2010 | |||
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Twenty questions | ||
A revision quiz on the events of the novel. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 08/10/2010 | |||
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What Bryson likes about Britain... | ||
Useful outline and planning sheets for an essay on the aspects of British life that appeal most to Bryson. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 08/10/2010 | |||
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