Library booklet creative work

A library booklet which covers 20 lessons plus(a year worth) using library books/ information and resources in a way that allows pupils to respond creatively.

Areas of library covered: Poetry, novels in verse, Harvard referecing system for academic texts, serialisation of novels/ dickens, graphic novels, autobiographies and biographies, crime fiction.

Group reading of three books: novel in verse, Dickens of choice (Christmas Carol in this booklet but can be adapted), Crime fiction.

Topics:
**Poetry **
Lesson 1- Looking at poetry in the library - copying a poem of their choice and mimicking the creative style of imagery in the style of William Blake.
Lesson 2+3 Blackout poetry using pupil’s favourite books.
Lesson 4,5,6- Reading of a novel in verse with a book review. This can be a class reader if you want to buy one in or the pupils can explore their own in the library. For class reader I would recommend ‘The Weight of Water’ or ‘Booked.’

**Dickens/ Christmas **- this is skills based section and can be adapted using the templates in the booklet for any text being studied
Lesson 7- Harvard refercing system using texts on Victorian life in the library
Lesson 8- Short story carousels based Dicken’s serialisation of novels in papers.
Lesson 9+10- Explore library graphic novel collection and create your own mini graphic novel of a story using templates.

Advertising and biography
Lesson 11- Library logo hunt.
Lessons 12+13+14+15- autobiography project looking at autobiographies and biographies in the library then creating own Book cover, blurb etc for themselves.
Lessons 16-20- Reading of crime/ mystery fiction: Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Miss. Marple. For more modern crime/mystery fiction you could use ‘A murder most unladlike’ novels which are very popular amongst pupils at the moment.