Our Day Out - Teaching Unit

Our Day Out - Teaching Unit

This 12-lesson resource includes a a 92-slide PowerPoint presentation and 10 worksheets. All PowerPoint slides are fully editable, so you can teach the unit as it is or modify and differentiate the lessons to suit your teaching needs.

This ‘Our Day Out’ teaching resource contains a range of activities, including:

• Brief biography of Willy Russell and the social and historical context of Our Day Out.

• Comprehension questions.

• Analysis of the characters of Mrs Kay, Mr Briggs and Carol.

• Exploration of the key themes.

• Willy Russell’s use of tension and suspense.

• Hot seating activities to develop understanding of characters.

• Diary and letter writing tasks.

• Sequencing and summarising activities

• Essay task with guidance

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