May 2, 5, 6

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May 2
Writing task

May 5
eAssessment resources vocabulary review

May 6
PEE paragraph review

April 25, 28, 29

April 25
National Holiday

April 28
Chapter 8 - Fourteen Minutes Past Two (pp. 105-118)

•  Charlie and Tommo went to war

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April 29
IB Standard Level Test

April 18, 21, 22

 April 18

Ten to Midnight (Chapter 4)

1. What is Tommo talking about in the opening paragraph?

2. Who is Lambert and what is his job?

3. What punishment does the Colonel want to give the boys after they are caught poaching? What punishment do they end up receiving?

4. What is different about Molly’s appearance after her illness?

5.  Why does Ms McAllister call Mr Munnings ‘a wicked, wicked man’?

6. Why do you think the visit of the aeroplane leaves the  children breathless?

7. Imagine that you could read Bertha’s mind. What might she be thinking about in the old forester’s shack? Write down some of  her thoughts.

April 21

Reading aloud -  Twenty-four Minutes Past Twelve  (Chapter 5)

Homework:  Answer the following questions in your notebook

1. Why is Tommo thinking about foxes and owls at the start of this chapter?

2. How does Charlie’s mother stop the Colonel from punishing him?

3.  What nursery rhyme does Big Joe like to sing?

4. Why is Molly forbidden from seeing Charlie?

5. Why doesn’t Tommo mind being a ‘go-between postman’?

6. How does Charlie first hear news of the war?

7. Write some lines that Tommo may have written in his diary, after finding out that Charlie had been meeting Molly in secret.

8. ‘The Colonel had total control over the happiness of the Peaceful family’. Write down whether you agree or disagree with this, and why.

Read: Nearly Five To One (Chapter 6)

April 22 - Nearly Five To One  (Chapter 6)
Answer the following questions in your notebook.
1. Why does Big Joe go missing?
2. Who takes part in the search for Big Joe?
3. Why does Molly suggest that they search in the Church
4. Write a few lines about a time when you found something that was very important to you that you feared you had lost.
5. What do you think Big Joe means when he says ‘Ungwee. Ungwee.'?

Twenty-eight Minutes Past One (Chapter 7)
1. How does the first paragraph of this chapter relate to events in the previous chapter?
2. What is the ‘broken promise’ that Tommo says was responsible for bringing him to France?
3. Why does Tommo feel both overjoyed and miserable on the evening when he learns that Molly is pregnant?
4. What fills Tommo with shame after seeing the soldiers?
5. How is the Colonel able to force Charlie to go to war?
6. Why do you think Tommo decides to go to war with Charlie?

7. Write down five words that you think describe how Tommo feels as he leaves on the train with his brother.

Homework  -  Read: Fourteen Minutes Past Two  (Chapter 8)  and
                                    A Minute Past Three (Chapter 9)

April 11, 14, 15

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April 11 (Margarida, please go to your locker and see if you have an extra Private Peaceful book)

    Twenty to Eleven

1. What trick does Tommo and Charlie play on Big Joe?
2. Write down five of your own words to describe Big Joe.
3. How does their mother punish the boys for the trick they play?
4. According to Tommo, what did the Peaceful brothers do that first caused the Colonel to dislike them?
5. Describe what Mrs Peaceful was like before her husband died.
6. Write down four words that you would use to describe Grandma Wolf.
7. At the end of this chapter, Tommo talks about his bad dreams. Have you had a nightmare or bad dream before? What was it about?

Homework:  1) Read   -   Nearly Quarter Past Eleven
                      2)  Answer the above questions.
                      3) Think about - How is the life of the Peaceful brothers similar to your own? How is it different?


April 14

Nearly Quarter Past Eleven  (Chapter 3)

1. What does the opening paragraph tell you about where Tommo is at present?

2. What did Molly’s father work at?

3. Name three types of animal that Big Joe keeps.

4. Grandma Wolf had a deep fear of mice. Do you have any fears? Write about one of them.

5. What happens in this chapter to make the children feel ‘liberated’?

6. What do Tommo, Charlie and Molly spend their time doing for the next couple of years?

7. Why do you think Molly’s parents are so unfriendly towards the boys?

Homework:  read   -   Ten to Midnight

April 15

Whole Class Discussion

April 4, 7

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April 4

What do poppies represent?  Why?

Look at the title of the book. Can you tell what the book is about? Is the topic of the novel any clearer upon seeing the cover of the book?

Read the blurb on the back of the book together in class and ask the students if they want to read the book. Why (not)?

Then show students the film trailer and ask them if they would go and see this film and if they have changed their minds about question 2. 

What do you already know about World War I - WWI?

Research the following and submit your findings on our padlet (http://padlet.com/rddietrich/gevint9ruqq5)

1. What were the dates of the war?

2. What was the primary cause of WWI?

3. What were some of the causes of WWI? 

4. Who were involved?

5. What was the outcome of the war? 

6. How many soldiers died as a result of this war?

7. What were some of the weapons used? 

8. 3 facts about WWI.

9. Who is Wilfred Owen? What is he known for?

10. Short bio of Michael Morpurgo.

Homework:

Take the quiz:

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/quiz/2014/jul/04/quiz-first-world-war-facts

Read:

Pages 7 - 17

Keep a list of new vocabulary.

Adapted EAL version can be found here: https://eal.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/document-files/Private%20Peaceful%20adapted%20novel_0.pdf

Folens Private Peaceful Novel Notes teacher's resources

April 7

You will need a Reading Journal for this text;)

The book begins in a very strange way.  It is designed to grab the attention of the reader but also raise lots of questions.

1.  What do you notice about the title?
2. What tense is the first section written in?
3. Write down 3 questions the first section raises
4. Draw Tommo's family tree.
5. Find 5 pieces of evidence from the first chapter to show how young Tommo is.
6. Michael Morpurgo writes this school section from the perspective of being a little boy. Find 2 words or phrases that make it believable that a young boy is speaking.
7. Why does this chapter simply finish with the words, "I have killed my own father"?




BBC Private Peaceful Guide: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/pdfs/private_peaceful.pdf