Reply To: Roald Dahl’s five books:The Twits etc
Summary for lesson 5:
What did we cover
– Discussed the homework tasks and what we did well on/could improve
– Reflected on last week’s lesson
– Did a study of the character illustrations (discussing what info we can find in pictures)
– Summarised the first half of the book
– Worked through the questions for the first half of Esio Trot
– Discussed whether the character of Mr Hoppy was ‘wrong’ for lying
Class report
It was a real pleasure to work with the students again today, and I am very excited to continue our work on Esio Trot on Thursday. I was also very pleased with the homework the students produced from our last lesson; I have noticed an improvement in the quality of their work,which is very encouraging.
We began our lesson today by doing an exercise which enabled us to discover how much information can be gathered from illustrations. We looked at illustrations of characters from the book, and investigated what we can learn about the characters from their clothes,
expressions, the colours they wear, the way they interact with others in the picture, the background. The students really enjoyed this exercise, and it was great to see them develop
an appreciation of how much can be presented in a single image.
The students then summarised the first half of the book, and we worked together through the VIPERS questions. They continued to provide excellent answers, and I was really pleased to see some of the less confident students speaking up. We would often stop and dive deeper into certain questions, which enabled the students to show off how well they can think on the spot and push themselves.
We finished the lesson by debating whether we think Mr Hoppy was wrong for lying to Mrs Silver. Some of the responses were fascinating, and it was great to see the students engage with not only the text but also each other.
The lessons are continuing to increase in difficulty level, and I have been hugely encouraged and impressed by how well the students are responding to the more tricky tasks and
questions that they are being presented with.
Home work for lesson 5:
Imagine you are Mr Hoppy and write a love letter to Mrs Silver.
OR
Summarise the first half of the book in 4 sentences (one short paragraph).
VIPERS questions for lesson 6
