Engaging and ready to teach one hour lesson to cover chapter eleven of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. This lesson provides information about Eva Braun and her relationship with Adolf Hitler. Students synthesise information from the novel with the information provided about the couple to write a diary entry as Eva Braun. This could be used as a creative writing assessment.
Learning Objective: Synthesise information from the novel with knowledge about context to write a diary entry as Eva Braun.
Learning Outcomes:
Bronze: Incorporate details about Eva Braun into a diary entry.
Silver: Infer details about her from the text.
Gold: Add thoughtful and creative details to explore who Eva Braun was.
Lesson Outline:
Do It Now: Picture of Hitler with Eva Braun. How does this affect your opinion of Hitler?
Starter: Pre-reading discussion and questions followed by reading of chapter 11.
Activity 1: Mind map to plan for writing.
Activity 2: Diary writing task
Peer assessment
Plenary: Think-Pair-Share - Why has John Boyne included Eva Braun as a character?
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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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A lesson on chapter 1 of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here.
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A great variety of activities and resources for students to engage with the text in a meaningful way. Thank you:)
Great resource thank you. Opportunity to link contextual knowledge to the novel and recall of the skill inference.
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