Students will reflect on their position in response to nine thought-provoking statements about “Private Peaceful” by Michael Morpurgo. This two page worksheet is designed to be used after students have finished reading the text, although some of the statements could be used to spark discussion prior to the study. A final response activity guides students to explore one of their ideas in more detail, drawing on textual evidence to support their ideas.

Students are challenged with 9 thought-provoking statements and must decide to what extent they agree or disagree and give reasons for their stance. The statements can be used prior to commencing the text study in order to stimulate thinking and debate, as a starting point for class discussions, or adapted to create a class opinion continuum so students can see where their classmates sit on each statement. To extend upon the ideas, students could elaborate on each statement in a detailed paragraph discussion that draws upon textual evidence to support ideas.

Students are challenged with 9 thought-provoking statements and must decide to what extent they agree or disagree and give reasons for their stance. The statements can be used prior to commencing the text study in order to stimulate thinking and debate, as a starting point for class discussions, or adapted to create a class opinion continuum so students can see where their classmates sit on each statement. To extend upon the ideas, students could elaborate on each statement in a detailed paragraph discussion that draws upon textual evidence to support ideas.

Students are challenged with 9 thought-provoking statements and must decide to what extent they agree or disagree and give reasons for their stance. The statements can be used prior to commencing the text study in order to stimulate thinking and debate, as a starting point for class discussions, or adapted to create a class opinion continuum so students can see where their classmates sit on each statement. To extend upon the ideas, students could elaborate on each statement in a detailed paragraph discussion that draws upon textual evidence to support ideas.

Students are challenged with 9 thought-provoking statements about “Montana 1948” by Larry Watson, and must decide to what extent they agree or disagree and give reasons for their stance. The statements can be used prior to commencing the text study in order to stimulate thinking and debate, as a starting point for class discussions, or adapted to create a class opinion continuum so students can see where their classmates sit on each statement. To extend upon the ideas, students could elaborate on each statement in a detailed paragraph discussion that draws upon textual evidence to support ideas.

These questions have been designed to support student understanding of “Frau Paul” from “Stasiland” by Anna Funder. The questions have been arranged in sequence from lower to higher order in order to scaffold student thinking.