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Title of Scheme of Work: Skellig
Year Group: 7
Duration: 28 lessons

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Lesson 1
Hooking the Reader
(cover + chapter 1)
WALT – Understand what authors do in order to ‘Hook’ the reader in.
WILF – Examples of how the reader is hooked by the writer
Starter – show a series of book covers for the book ‘Skellig’ – How are they different? Why? Which do they like best? Why? Which do they think I would like best? Why?
Teaching Discuss information on the cover- What is it telling us? More importantly, what isn’t it telling us?
Read first chapter of book – stopping at points to ask questions and focus the class on what is being done to ‘hook’ the reader.
Learning – Class to complete grid highlighting different quotations and
Explaining the effect that they have in ‘hooking’ the reader.
Plenary- Summarise all the information we learn about the narrators family
Homework – Create 5 questions that you would like to ask the narrator.
Must – Identify at least 5 quotes that ‘hook’ the reader.

Should – identify five quotes and explain how they ‘hook’ the reader’

Could – rank the quotes in order of effectiveness and explain which they think hooks you the most and why.
English –
R5.1 5.2 6.2

Key Skills Targets -
I 1,2,3,4,5,7
C 2,4,5
T 4
S 2,3,45,6,7
E 2,3

Resources
1.1 Skellig book covers
1.2 Hooking the reader grid

Lesson 2
Analysing the writers use of language
(chapters 2 and 3)
WALT –
* Visualise what is being described in the chapter.
* Identify language which shows stressed emotions.
WILF –
* A pencil drawing of the garage that is being described along with three quotations that show how old and dilapidated it is.
*Examples of language that show stressed emotions with an explanation about why.
Starter – Discuss previous homework. Are there any common themes about the questions that the class would ask the narrator?

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