Using an already extant board (thanks), I’ve put together a game which students can play using their old exercise books/trivial pursuit cards/questions gleaned from the net/adults. Two versions uploaded. PPt editable and a pdf. All here.

15 activity links for remote boredom sufferers

Lesson 4 in a series about Dystopian novel THE GIVER aimed at year 7s

Number 10 lesson ( ~ 30 minutes or so). Students familarise themselves with JIM CROW laws and create an aide -memoire.

31 slides with links to spark interest in an eclectic mix of stuff.

Challenge to " visit" 31 BLUE PLAQUES of famous people who lived in London at some point in their lives and plot them on a map of the city. Students will need to calculate the distances themselves.

Students answer questions relating to 4 characters in the novella. See ALL IN ONE PLACE for a useful guide to the novella.

Thinglink to ALL chapter summaries of The giver + audio chapters + activities. Good for revision and consolidation. Summaries include a " Read it back to me" feature. No subscription or sign up needed. Just click and away you go.

Students complete a summary exercise of chapters 3 & 4 and begin to read chapter 5. See ALL IN ONE PLACE for another resource which is helpful.

More lessons in this series. Check out THE GIVER GUIDE for links and chapter summaries all in one easy to send slide. A review of some nature would be a link to the world in these times.

This series of lessons continues as we start chapter 5.

Students complete a task or two on Chapter 4 ( around 40 minutes)

Slides from POWERPOINT for the creation of a FAMILY TREE. Keeps them busy and fosters conversation with fellow isolators.

Illustrated slideshow of the poem.

Students accelerate their reading in a move to finish novel over next 4 lessons. Questions about the text are now " thinking" and not factual retrieval.

Students follow up from previous lesson and begin to read chapter 6.

Students move on to look at how language is used to show a dystopian setting. A short 35 minutes worth X 2 = 70 MINUTES.

Lesson A in a series which will analyse language themes and character.

Lesson asks students to interpret metaphors and create some of their own. Revision and introduction.

Half an hours thinking about the theme of AMERICAN DREAM with a few questions. More to follow.