Engaging and ready to teach one hour lesson to cover chapter sixteen of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. This lesson teaches students the features of an obituary and then requires them to write an obituary about Grandmother.
Learning Objective: Write an obituary for Grandmother.
Learning Outcomes:
Bronze: List the features of an obituary.
Silver: Apply these features in writing an obituary.
Gold: Creatively infer details about Grandmother.
Lesson Outline:
Do It Now: What is an obituary? What are the steps for writing an effective one?
Starter: Reading focus on Grandmother.
Activity 1: What are the features of an obituary? Paired work.
Activity 2: Planning and writing an obituary.
Peer assessment
Plenary: How do you think Father feels about the death of his Mother?
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Two pre-reading lessons to introduce students to the context of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here.
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Engaging is exactly the right term for this lesson. The novel framing device caught my students' attention well and kept them on-task all through the lesson. Splendid stuff.
Excellent resource! This will work great for my Year 8's.
Fab resources for Chapter 16
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