We started by getting the kids to make name tags for themselves so we could identify them, as we hadn't properly been introduced to the year 7s yet. Then Reece introduced the book itself and we talked about the themes it has: loneliness, isolation, feeling lost etc.. We plan to have the kids come up with stories based on these themes.
After the introduction, I handed out a sheet I made up for the kids to fill in to get them engaged with the characters in the book and to help them understand the importance of knowing who your characters are. Here's the sheet:
The kids filled out the sections at the bottom of the sheet in relation to this picture from the book:
They made up names, ages, descriptions, etc.. for the characters. Some of them were really imaginative, where their characters were 3.5m tall, or had ginger hair and one of the character's dislikes was "being ginger".
^ another image we had the kids examine
After looking at both pictures, the kids answered the questions on the right side of the page. Here's what they came up with:
Both Reece and I were really impressed with how smart the kids are and all the suggestions they gave. It was an incredibly successful first day at teaching.
We plan to do the same lesson tomorrow with the year 8s in the morning, and then for the second year 8 and 7 class, we'll choose different images from the book but use the same question format to get the kids talking in class and engaging with the material. Here's to tomorrow being an even better day for us as teachers:)
adiós por ahora,,
Ciara
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