Orbiting Jupiter (SOW)

The SOW available contains 16 lessons, and all attached resources, looking at the novel Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt. The novel is centred around the story of a 14-year-old boy, Joseph, who is placed into care and the relationships he forms here. The scheme’s intention is to develop understanding of character and includes a number of reading and writing activities (detailed below). Each lesson has an independent activity - timing for this need to be adjusted based on your learners’ abilities.

01 Cover and Blurb Analysis
02 Reading Extract 1
03 Character Mind Maps
04 Making Inferences
05 Rapid Read - Jupiter Fact File
06 Comparing Characters
07 Reading Detectives
08 Setting - Model Writing
09 Setting - Success Criteria
10 Setting - Planning
11 Setting - Writing
12 Joseph’s Character Development
13 Making Inferences
14 Talking Points
15 Model Review
16 Review Writing