Holding On would be ideal as a Year 7 text.
understand how complex and compound-complex sentences can be used to elaborate, extend and explain ideas
How to build a compound sentence from simple sentences.
How to build a complex sentence from simple sentences.
How to go the other way
The EFFECT of sentence length
understand how consistency of tense through verbs and verb groups achieves clarity in sentences
Different tenses – samples from the text – simple past, past continuous, perfect, pluperfect (or are they only in Greek?)
How to change tense of a sentence
Correct these tense mixups
Talking about the future – will and would and present tense.
The EFFECT of tense
identify and explore ideas, points of view, characters, events and/or issues in literary texts, drawn from historical, social and/or cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
How is life in 2003 portrayed. How is life in the 90s portrayed?
Mental health, depression and grief.
Dyslexia and Irlens – How prevailent is it? What can be done?
Fathers, sons and families.
Noticing people – Background characters
How do you have a conversation?
form an opinion about characters, settings and events in texts, identifying areas of agreement and difference with others’ opinions and justifying a response
Lesson: How to form an opinion. (You are being asked to make a judgment – to measure against something, and to give an evaluation/a score. Language of opinion, “I strongly believe,” or “on one hand/on the other hand.”
Lesson: How to find evidence in texts.
“Holden chose to be a jerk.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement.
Did you think Molly’s mum and Ant’s Dad end up together? Why, why not?
There is a twist in the very last sentences of the novel. How does this reframe the novel and its telling?
Molly is nosy and asks a lot of questions. When is it important to be nosy in a friendship, and when is it important to mind your own business?
discuss the aesthetic and social value of literary texts using relevant and appropriate metalanguage
Create a table:
Quote – Emotional response – technique used
create and edit literary texts that experiment with language features and literary devices encountered in texts
I need to choose 3 ‘moments’ in the text here that use different literary devices and get students to emulate.
a) Ant runs in the rain and is annoyed at Molly.
b) The running race. Creating tension with sentence length and language.
c) Dad throws the cassette
d) Cassette tape goes down the drain
use interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including evaluations of the features of spoken texts
Question, Response and Volunteer cards.
“Persuade others to cross to your side”
understand how to use spelling rules and word origins; for example, Greek and Latin roots, base words, suffixes, prefixes and spelling patterns to learn new words and how to spell them
Choose spelling words from the text with Greek and Latin roots etc.
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