How do character journeys relate to themes? (Learning Resources)

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Refer back to what you learnt in the previous bite on character journeys. How did Walid and Adam change as a result of their journey?

Activity 1.

With a peer, recreate a skit/ performance that explains how one of the characters - Adam or Waild - changes over time. Use one of the following themes to recreate your scene.

Your team will be presenting this skit before the end of the lesson today.

-the importance of friendship

-the difficulty of overcoming cultural differences (including the language barrier)

-war

-greed

-survival

Activity 2.

From the topic sentence below, construct the EEL of the TEEL paragraph to support the statement.

e.g. Through Adam's change from a selfish child to a compassionate young man, Mason shows us that when we can overcome cultural differences we can become more accepting and understanding.

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Delete - Last Modified By: rgoo at 16/12/2013 3:40:03 PM

Refer back to what stuents learnt in the previous bite on character journeys. How did Walid and Adam change as a result of their journey?

In a think, pair, share activity, discuss the following:

Through Adam and Walid's journey, what does Prue Mason say about the following:

-the importance of friendship

-the difficulty of overcoming cultural differences (including the language barrier)

-war

-greed

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Delete - Last Modified By: rgoo at 16/12/2013 3:43:49 PM

As a class, construct a TEEL paragraph on the board with a topic sentence that relates to the points of discussion in classroom activity one.

e.g. Through Adam's change from a selfish child to a compassionate young man, Mason shows us that when we can overcome cultural differences we can become more accepting and understanding.

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Delete - Last Modified By: rgoo at 16/12/2013 3:44:32 PM

Students now need to choose one of the other areas of discussion and write their own TEEL paragraph using examples from the text.