Prior Class Reading: up to and including Chapter Fifty-Three Boy in the Tower Lesson Seventeen Prior Class Reading: up to and including Chapter Fifty-Three © School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018
What do the words “queer” and “harness” mean? Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost What do the words “queer” and “harness” mean? What does the horse do when the man stops? Why does the man stop and why can’t he stay? What rhyming pattern has the poet chosen to use? © School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018
Optimist – a person who tends to be hopeful or confident. In Chapter 53, we now discover that the Bluchers are in the building. The characters react to this news in different ways. Think about the reactions of each character and whether they match the descriptions below. Realist – a person who accepts a situation and deals with it accordingly. Optimist – a person who tends to be hopeful or confident. Pessimist – a person who always believes the worst will happen. © School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018
Think about which word describes each character Think about which word describes each character. Find evidence from the text to support your viewpoint and record your evidence in the table. © School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018
sparkles recognized contamination cheerful screeches After reading Chapter 60, find and copy the word that has a similar meaning to: shimmers sparkles noticed recognized contamination infection cheerful happy screeches shrieks © School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018
Now we have read Boy in the Tower, what would you say were the main themes that run throughout the book? friendship fear isolation abandonment hope © School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018
Can you match the key events to the theme? Ade misses Gaia. friendship Ade witnesses the death of the policemen. fear Ade meets Dory and Obi. isolation Dory is adamant they’ll be rescued. abandonment They find out the spores are dangerous. hope Ade’s mum refuses to leave the flat. © School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018
Now create a mind map on the themes of the book © School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018