Floodland: Character Analysis
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This set of three Year 6 English lessons contains lots of challenging inference and deduction activities based on the book 'Floodland' by Marcus Sedgwick. Your class will analyse and describe the main characters from the book, supporting their answers with evidence from the text. They will also explore the relationships between each of the characters, and how the author portrays this. Finally, children will explore diary features, before stepping into the shoes of one of the book's characters and writing a diary entry for them.
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Lesson 1
Inference and Deduction
In this lesson, your Year 6 children will develop their skills of inference and deduction by exploring the characters of 'Floodland' by Marcus Sedgwick in more detail.
As a class, they will analyse the character of Zoe based on evidence from the text, before moving on to creating character descriptions of Dooby, Munchkin and William. In the alternative activity provided, children are given quotations from the text and challenged to decide who said them, or who they are describing, noting the reasons for their decision.
This ready-to-teach pack includes a detailed plan, a set of PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Text Extracts
- Description Cards
- Who is This? Cards
Lesson 2
Exploring Relationships
Children will first discuss which of the characters from Marcus Sedgwick's 'Floodland' they most and least sympathise and empathise with, before moving on to exploring how the characters think and feel about each other, based on the events in the text.
In their independent activities, children need to use their skills of inference and deduction to further explore the relationships between the characters, through discussion and role-play.
With step-by-step plans, PDF slides, differentiated activities and ready-to-print resources, this pack has everything you need to teach with confidence.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Character Cards
- Character Conversation Cards
- Discussion Around the Fire Challenge Card
Lesson 3
Diary Features
Children will first discuss what a diary is, and explore the features it includes. They will be introduced to advanced features such as rhetorical questions, stream of consciousness and emotive language, with examples.
After reading and discussing a diary entry from ‘Floodland’, children will identify its features together. In their independent activities, children analyse further diary extracts themselves.
This ready-to-teach pack includes a detailed lesson plan, engaging PDF slides, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources to save you time.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiate worksheets
- Diary Entries
- Comparison Grid
Lesson 4
Writing Diary Entries
Children will recap the features of a diary, focusing on why stream of consciousness, rhetorical questions and emotive language are so effective in this genre.
They are then challenged to apply what they have learnt about the characters in Marcus Sedgwick's 'Floodland' in order to write a diary entry from one of their points of view, detailing a specific event that happened in the text, and how their character feels about it.
Everything’s prepared for you: a comprehensive plan, engaging PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated tasks and printable resources – making your planning hassle-free!
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Character & Scenario Cards
- Checklist Cards
- Diary Template
- Zoe's Arrival Challenge Card
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