Category: English

KS3 Bookclub – The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & Blue Dog

For use as a group discussion, as points to consider with your child/ren or on your own. This session focused primarily on context and the difference that makes to understanding a narrative.

Creative Writing: Flash Fiction 3

Written for a KS3 English group, but can be easily adapted for older and aspects taken for younger students. Can be used as a stand-alone session looking at last lines and editing stories, broken up into two sessions or as the third part of a series on short short stories.

Creative Writing: Flash Fiction 2

Written for a KS3 English group, but can easily be adapted for older students and aspects used for younger children. Minus the final activity, it can be used as a stand-alone session, looking at the opening line of stories, but is also the second part of three 1.5 hr sessions.

Creative Writing: Flash Fiction 1

Written for a KS3 English group, but can be easily adapted for any age. Can be used as a stand-alone session giving an introduction to flash fiction (short short stories) with or without the exercise, but was originally intended to be the first of three 1.5 hr sessions.

KS3 Bookclub – Nation & The Neverending Story

For use as a group discussion, as points to consider with your child/ren or on your own. The main themes running through this compare and contrast session are becoming the person you are meant to be rather than the one everyone else thinks you should be, imagination, thinking and belief.

Mary Anning Session

This session was put together for an 8-11 year old group, but is easily adapted to a younger audience. The material covers how scientists look at problems, disproving a theory, sharing stories & story telling, thinking about how we ‘know’ things and making a 3D dinosaur.

KS3 Bookclub – Thomasina & Varjak Paw

For use as a group discussion, as points to consider with your child/ren or on your own. The main themes running through this compare and contrast session are becoming a better person, over-coming your difficulties and family relationships.