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|Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz |

|The story of teenage spy Alex Rider who has always been told that his uncle was killed in a car accident. But Alex starts to unravel the mysterious truth |

|when he discovers that his uncle’s windshield was riddled with bullet holes. As Alex ventures deeper into his uncle's secret life, he finds himself running |

|from terrorists and working for the government. |

|Reading skill |Suggested activities |Example |

|Using strategies to decode words |Word families & word patterns |Reading Skill - decoding |

|they don’t know – phonics, syntax, |Chunking and breaking down the sounds in a word |Chapters 1-3 |

|word recognition and context |Dictionary activities |Chapter 1 - difficult words –security; accident; intensive; |

| |Starter activities focusing on word level |relation; expensively; thumbnail; fantasized; solicitor; |

| |Re-writing sentences with different syntax |cemetery; momentarily; identical; slithered; forbidden |

| |Progress Unit on Phonics |Word Families – fantasized (American spelling), fantastic, |

| |Cloze |fantasy, fantastically, fantasizing etc |

| |Reading backwards and forwards |Make a word bank or word wall and add dictionary definitions,|

| |Asking “Does the word make sense?” |sketches to show meanings and pupil suggestions to keep the |

| | |new words fresh and interactive. |

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|Engaging with meaning as well as |Asking questions – who, what, where, when, why |Asking questions of the text based on Chapters1-3 (mainly |

|decoding |Discussing what has been read |based on recall but build to higher order how/why questions) |

| |Matching illustrations to appropriate sections of text |Where does Alex Live? |

| |KWEL charts |Where is the R&G bank? |

| |What do I know |Where is the car breaker’s yard? |

| |What I want to know |Who is Alex Rider’s Maths teacher? |

| |Where will I find the evidence |Who is Blunt? |

| |What I have learned |Who is John Crawley? |

| |Focusing on key words (reverse cloze/fridge magnets) |When did the police arrive? |

| |Role play, hot-seating, thought tracking |When does he suspect his uncle’s death is not an accident? |

| |Summary sub-headings |What things cause Alex Rider to believe/know it was murder? |

| |Matching quotations to meaning |How will he solve the problem? |

| | |Why does he want to solve the mystery of his uncle’s death? |

| | |Why does he suspect the funeral- goers aren’t bank managers? |

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| | |Thought tracking – sequence of freeze frames of Alex Rider in|

| | |key moments in first 3 chapters. Voice Alex’s thoughts when |

| | |tapped on the shoulder. |

|Sensing miscues and then |Guided reading with teacher |Word patterns and word families |

|self-correcting |Paired reading – one listening for sense |page 28 – dissemination, dismantles, disappeared – link to |

| |Using existing knowledge/analogy to decode, then applying to|prefixes in starter activity |

| |new, similar words |Use paired reading, with one reader starting, the second |

| |Opportunities to prepare a passage to read to group/class |reader reading along, then taking over. The pairs discuss the|

| |Reading buddies |sense of the passage. |

| |Modelling self correction during reading | |

| |Using tapes to support reading |In pairs, prepare a reading aloud of a short, exciting |

| | |extract. There are plenty of filmic chases and cliff hangers |

| | |to choose from in Alex Rider tales. |

|Tackling extended sentences |Modelling how to identify the main clause in an extended |Page 115 – “the price if tin….” Identify clauses and |

| |sentence – good examples in Dickens |conjunctions via visual diagram creation – rewrite in shorter|

| |Re-structuring a long sentence on cards |sentences |

| |Re-writing a sentence into visual diagram – showing main |Also p 112 “Alex pushed open…” Discuss the effect of the |

| |clause and how other parts of sentences relate to main |writer’s choices on the reader. |

| |clause e.g. | |

| | |Explore the use of clauses in sentence openings through |

| | |shared class reading– list words – model changing one opening|

| | |then ask pupils to try out some similar writing. |

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| |Re-writing an extended sentence as a series of short |Extended sentences – compose 3 or 4 shorter sentences into |

| |sentences and discussing the difference |longer ones – explore how many ways there are to join them? |

| |Reading sentences aloud, using intonation to underpin |e.g. last 4 sentences from paragraph 4 on p123 “This time |

| |meaning |he..” or last few sentences from paragraph 3 on p125 “But he|

| | |didn’t dare slow down..” Discuss the effect on the reader of|

| | |stylistic choices made by the writer. |

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|Using punctuation, paragraphing and|Identifying paragraph breaks in an unformatted piece of text|Remove punctuation from a paragraph, e.g. Chapter 12 – |

|text layout as a guide to meaning |Shared reading focusing on punctuation for meaning |penultimate paragraph and decide where punctuation is needed.|

| |Pacing the classroom/drama studio, changing direction at |This is best done over a computer screen, collaboratively. |

| |each punctuation mark |Read aloud the 2 versions. Discuss how meaning is helped by |

| |Sentences Progress Unit materials on how punctuation helps |the punctuation choices a writer makes. |

| |us to read aloud |Try converting some of the text to another genre, such as a |

| |Highlighting topic sentences in paragraphs |headline, and discuss the effect of this on the making of |

| |Selection of novel openings – considering differences of |meaning. |

| |structure | |

| |Sequencing | |

| |Providing titles for chapters or sections of the novel | |

| |Removing the punctuation from an extract and asking pupils | |

| |to make their own choices | |

|Developing a mental map of the text|Flow chart of events |Chapters 11 and 12 – map Alex Rider’s progress – use pp 116 -|

|as they read |Thought map of key ideas |117 as a starting point |

| |Drawing and labelling a map of the setting | |

| |Drawing a family tree |Tell pupils that after teaching each chunk you will ask them |

| |Tracking a character or theme using post-it notes in book |to build a synoptic record of key events and developments. |

| | |Keep a developing wall chart of this so that the map of the |

| | |story is recorded. Illustrations will be welcomed. Teachers |

| | |can have a blank, segmented grid ready to indicate the |

| | |direction of bigger picture from the start. Chunks will be |

| | |filled in during reading. |

|Visualisation and other sensory |Drama: guided tour; sculptured freeze frames; hot seating |Chapter 13 – “The School Bully” |

|responses |Thought maps, Venn diagrams; role on the wall |Hot Seat Herod Sayle |

| |Plot lines, tension graphs |Cut out + label an outline of Herod |

| |Colouring over words which refer/appeal to the senses | |

| |Prop box or pictures | |

| |Drawing |Decide which sound effects would work best with Chapter 12 |

| |Walk-in debates | |

| |Casting the film of the novel |Use the drama convention to set up a guided tour of a |

| |Story mapping/living graphs |favourite setting from the book. |

| |Creating sound effects | |

|Prediction, retrospection and |Identifying the ‘turning point’ and predicting outcomes of |Gather predictions for – the end? each chapter? (Many pupils |

|speculation |the storyline |esp. boys will have already read this book!) |

| |Gathering predictions (you can tape these!), returning to |How will Alex Rider succeed? How will gadgets help? Will Alex|

| |them later to discuss why the author chose particular |stop the virus being released? |

| |resolutions | |

| |Looking for clues in last chapter as a first activity to |Read pp 175-178 for indicators of previous events – use |

| |predict what will happen in the novel |evidence to explain, A GREAT STARTING POINT!! |

| |Starting in the middle and considering what might have led | |

| |to this situation |Write and read out prediction for final page. |

| |Reading the first few chapters and suggesting what might | |

| |happen next. Recording ideas in reading journal. |Consider the ending - what clues are/were present in first 3 |

| |Highlighting clues which led to those predictions (evidence |chapters? |

| |base) then filling in reading journal to reflect on original| |

| |predictions | |

| |Drama activity – pupils act out their predictions. Rest of | |

| |class assess whether they are realistic / feasible | |

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|Questioning |Shared reading and targeted questions – modelling thought |How does the “blurb” sell the book? |

| |process/answers either orally or on OHP |Questions – who are “they”? |

| |Identifying questions you want answered in the next few |How is his youth emphasised? |

| |chapters |Ellipsis |

| |Questions based on front cover/title of book, extend to |First name |

| |include ‘blurb’ on back re. expectations raised |Verbs and vocabulary |

| |Hot-seating – question the characters - conscience tunnels |Hints rather than explicitness |

| |Thought/speech bubbles for characters at key moments (inner |Use of connective “but” |

| |voice) | |

| |Extracts out of context – what questions do we need to ask |Use this analysis to devise a different book cover |

| |about this text? |or |

| |Asking pupils to think of the questions they want to ask at |poster for a high street book store to advertise “the new |

| |particular points in the text |Alex Rider.” |

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|Passing mental comments and |Poster of the book |Provide extracts out of context – opening paragraph on p 107 |

|savouring the text |Interviewing each other about reactions on ‘where we’re up |for different impressions of Alex Rider. |

| |to in the book’ | |

| |Presentation of a ‘favourite bit’ to a small group – or the |Reflecting – what were the top 5 turning points for Alex |

| |class – with some commentary about why it’s dead good! |Rider? |

| |Using post-it-notes to jot down thoughts and keep as markers| |

| |in the text | |

| |Cultivating reading journal responses, using a range of | |

| |strategies to capture responses, ideas, questions, | |

| |visualisation tools | |

| |Using symbols on post-it-notes e.g. | |

| |? ! to come back to or discuss with a partner ☺ | |

|Empathising |Questioning – (how do you feel about…..?) l |Tunnels of Truth – what should Alex do? What would each pupil|

| |Diary extract |do? |

| |Role-play (character or theme based) |when he finds out about his uncle’s death |

| |Hot-seating |when meeting Blunt |

| |Thought tunnel |when meeting Sayle |

| |Letter from one character to another |when handcuffed |

|Establishing a relationship with |Hot-seating the narrator |Opening pages – |

|the narrator |Annotating a stick man with words that define the narrator |impressions of Alex – thoughts in his head |

| |Rewriting part of a third person narrative in the first (or |what changed impressions does the reader get of Alex Rider? |

| |second) person |Alex Rider’s reactions |

| |Drama – placing the narrator in a sculpted scene |How is the reader manipulated to think of Alex Rider? |

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| | |Re-write sections in the 2nd person and explore the |

| | |difference |

|Re-reading, re-evaluating and other|Guided work on a section they have read previously |Chapter14 – opening 2 pages – a 5-mark question e.g. |

|clarification activities |Timeline, plot mountain, sort events into chronological |How does the author convey Alex Rider’s feelings of |

| |order/order of significance |frustration; defeat; confusion? |

| |Re-evaluating the way a character is presented or seen |What feelings of Alex Rider does the writer convey and how? |

| |Close questioning |How does author use detail, contrast, sentences and |

| |Annotation |vocabulary to convey Alex Rider’s feelings? |

| |Comparing passages from different sections of the novel | |

|Reading between the lines and other|Shared – then group – then paired – then individual |Fill in the back story – Jack Starbright; Yassen… pupils |

|interpretation activities |annotation of passages from the text to build independence |could explore these via first person? |

| |and confidence with reading between the lines | |

| |Discussion (following the pattern above) about the symbolism| |

| |of places, objects, or names if appropriate | |

| |Choice of symbolically and metaphorically dense text which | |

| |is multi-layered | |

| |Role play/thought tracking to understand a character’s | |

| |motivation | |

|Relating the text to one’s own |Drawing explicit links between texts with similar themes, |Link to study of James Bond – watch an extract from a Bond |

|experience and knowledge, including|issues, location, characters, narrative structures etc |film – track Alex Rider’s similarities – independence; |

|other literature |Teacher to lead on links to own experience. Then draw out |success; gadgets; initiative; bravery; coolness etc |

| |pupils’ own reactions. Handle sensitively! | |

|Adopting an appropriate reading |Keeping a reading journal to develop and express your |Explore genre – adventure / spy genre – as seen in – book |

|stance |unfolding responses |cover / characterisation / settings / situations and events /|

| |Creating a ‘freeze frame’ tableau and then invite the reader|mise-en–scene / sound track |

| |to physically place themselves in the scene | |

| |Annotating the text (marginal notes) with responses/chat | |

| |back | |

| |Creating “recipe” of each genre | |

| |e.g. horror / sci-fi etc | |

| |Exploring the book cover for evidence of what it is about / | |

| |what kind of text it is / what questions you could ask | |

| |Historical context / social context research | |

| |Asking questions about the voice in the text after reading | |

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|Developing judgements and |Providing provocative statements on cards for |Cloze for powerful diction – p 162 “Alex saw little of this…”|

|preferences |discussion/advocacy |omit – twisting; rushing; battering; deafening; cutting; |

| |Comparison with other texts |desperately. Use these to explore tenses (“ing” words – |

| |Asking “How would you change the novel?” |present participles) and word types such as verbs and adverbs|

| |Reading journal to compare texts on similar themes /same | |

| |author |Set up a critical comment for arguing against. Teacher can |

| |‘Sell’ the book to others |model one statement eg Alex Rider books are not for female |

| |‘Statementaire’ to argue / discuss |readers and pupils devise others. |

| |Selecting extracts which represent the whole text’s | |

| |qualities | |

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|Sensing of the writer at work, the |Activities which focus on language - |Identify 5 (or more?) key features of the writer’s style – |

|artifice of the text |highlighting/circling/annotating sections of texts |home/school – the more ordinary the “event” the better – |

| |Cloze, e.g. remove powerful verbs or adjectives and compare |teacher to model this” Should be great fun!! |

| |to the writer’s original choice | |

| |Filling in ‘gaps’ in the story – alternative |Re-write a section in a deliberately different style.. choose|

| |endings-sequels-prequels – maintaining style, character |one and analyse it … newspaper/teen magazine/romance/fantasy |

| |dialogue as in the original |etc.. |

| |What would you ask the writer if s/he was here? | |

| |Planned questioning and DARTS to move pupils from personal | |

| |to critical response | |

| |Creative writing that imitates the style of the writer | |

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