Never Let Me Go - The Human Cloning Debate!

This engaging and informative lesson enables students to explore and consider the ideas and perspectives regarding human cloning in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. In particular, students research and understand the key factors in the human cloning debate, interpret and analyse how Ishiguro applies these concepts throughout Never Let Me Go, and then use these influences to argue their own viewpoint on the human cloning debate. .

The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:

Understanding and further researching the key factors in the human cloning debate;
Linking their understanding of the human cloning debate to what they read in the novel;’
Answering comprehension questions about human cloning in Never Let Me Go;
Analysing Ishiguro’s key intentions in his depiction of life for clones in the novel;
Applying their understanding of human cloning to their own writing to argue piece;
Debating as a class whether human cloning should be allowed using their research notes and argument points;
Peer assessing each other’s learning attempts;

Included is:
Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive;
Guided research template
Selected extracts (from chapters 7, 12, 14 and 22);
Writing to Argue Structure Strip;
Writing to Argue Helpsheet;
Comprehensive Lesson Plan.

There are also opportunities for group learning, speaking and listening, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. I originally used these resources with year 10 and 11 classes, however colleagues have used them for between year 9 and year 13 with some adaptations.

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