Description
Introduce students to the basics of narrative and explore the differences between the novel and film versions of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe!
Rather than a complete dissection of the novel, the emphasis of this unit is on promoting the experience of immersing yourself in a great story and connecting with its characters. Students develop their appreciation for great literature, and later rediscover the story in its adaptation as a blockbuster film.
Students are engaged through a variety of activities and assessment tasks which develop core competencies and appeal to varying learning styles. These include an enthusiastic reading of the text; visual design in poster creation; creative writing in the nature of a first-person journal task; text comprehension and collation of information via graphic organisers; text analysis via reading and comparing written and visual texts.
The unit can be taught over 8-10 weeks, including reading the complete novel in class together, viewing the film and reviewing key scenes.
Included in this 20-page resource:
- 4 pages of vocabulary worksheets
- A pre-reading picture book graphic organiser task on theme, character and setting
- Assessment Task 1: ‘Design a Poster’ text response task including rubric
- Assessment Task 2: ‘Pevensie Journal’ creative writing text response including rubric
- Post-reading reflection task
- Teacher notes identifying differences between novel and movie
- Graphic organiser for collating differences in novel and movie
- Assessment Task 3: ‘Key Scenes Review’ text analysis task including rubric
- Resource notes with suggested teaching sequence and other recommended activities
Digital and Print:
All worksheets, graphic organizer, assignment sheets and rubrics contain fillable PDF fields
– assign to students to complete on computer or device, or
– print and write for in-class use!
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