Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo Lesson Year 6 plus some Maths

Great lesson on this interesting book.

Plus some nice Maths.

Great for year 6.

sample :

Display the image from the front of the book. What does the title of the book tell you? What could the book be about? Why do you think that? Introduce the title.
Children to identify what the book is about? What is the theme? Genre? What makes you think this?
Children to make predictions about the book in groups using the cover – share and discuss ideas.
Share extract from blurb ‘As young Thomas Peaceful looks back over his childhood from the battlefields of the First World War, his memories are full of family life in the countryside.’ 5ws and predictions modelled by CT.
What has changed? Why has your opinion changed? What questions and predictions can you make now?

Resources:
Book cover, sentence starters, 5Ws sheet (LA), blurb extract
Children to be reminded of the previous lesson. What did we learn? What do we think the text book is about? What happened in chapter one? Play BBC schools episode 1 -
Children are to be given the first paragraph of the book. What is the theme? What is the genre of the book?
Children to use talk partners and class discussion to list the characters involved in the first chapter and paragraph. Who are the characters we have met? What do we know about Tommo and his older brother Charlie? What is their relationship like? In this chapter, Tommo starts a new school – how would he be feeling about this? Look at the kindness of Molly – why does she act this way? Why doesn’t big Joe go to school? How would this be different today?