Private Peaceful: Chapter 8 Lesson - Charlie Peaceful (Michael Morpurgo)

This lesson is to be taught with Chapter 8 ‘Fourteen Minutes Past Two’ of Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo. There is a series of worksheets and a powerpoint presentation to be used during the lesson. The presentation is used to help organise the lesson structure and to provide visuals to help check pupils’ understanding of the text and to generate ideas for their oracy and their writing. This resource is normally used for between two and three hours of teaching.

The activities of the lesson are:
• Listen to/read the 8th chapter of the novel.

• Check your comprehension of the story by describing what happened using the images on the lesson powerpoint.

• Group Discussion: What makes a character effective in a story?

• Lesson Activity:

• Write A Character Report On Charlie Peaceful

1. Complete a writing plan for your report on Charlie Peaceful.

2. Write your report on Charlie Peaceful.

• Extension Work:
• Were Charlie’s Actions Right Or Wrong?

• Write down as many reasons as you can for why Charlie’s action were right and wrong.

Plenary: Class Discussion

• Class debate on whether Charlie
  was right or wrong to act the way he did.

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