skellig l1 front covers

Your NameEnglish

Miss Kristian7SBG

Fill in the front of your exercise books.Learning objectives

• We will understand Miss Kristian’s expectations of us.• We will make predictions about the novel we are

going to read based on the front covers.

When someone is speaking, nobody else should be.

We will respect and listen to each other’s opinions.

We will try our best in every lesson. After 5,4,3,2,1 we should be silent.

Classroom expectati0ns

In your jotter, come up with three important class room expectations.

Now join up with another pair. In your new group, share ideas and decide

on two top class room expectations.

With the person you’re sitting with:

7SBG’s Classroom Expectations

Stick in KS3 expectations

sheet

Skellig

What does this word make you think about?

First thoughts…

Try to answer the questions verbally (that means that you don’t have to write the answers down!)

Find the other pair with the same cover. Compare answers and nominate a

spokesperson to tell us what you thought!

In pairs you will be given one front cover to look at.

What can you say about this cover?

What can you say about this cover?

What can you say about this cover?

What can you say about this cover?

What can you say about this cover?

What can you say about this cover?

I think that Skellig will be a story about… because…

I think that there will be a character who… because…

I think it will be a happy/sad story because…

Using everything you’ve just seen, write a prediction about what you think

Skellig will be about.

Extra challenge:Can you predict the genre of the story? Which genre do you

think it will be? Why do you think this?

Get your green book covered with sticky back plastic or thick paper (wallpaper and a label).

Due:

Homework

Questions and Answer?