1. The Tulip Touch Chapters 3 - 5
Lesson Objectives:
To understand the developing character of Tulip.
To consider how key events add to the ‘disturbing’ nature of Tulip’s character.

2. Complete the spider diagram below with your first impressions of Tulip:
Looks like a
scarecrow

3. Chapter 4
What two things do we find out about Tulip in the first paragraph and what does this tell us about what kind of character she might be?
Natalie is telling the story retrospectively (looking back). Find two quotations from this chapter that tell us that her relationship with Tulip is going to be troubled.

4. Chapter 5
Write down the names of two of the games Tulip and Natalie play.
What sort of games are they?
What’s significant about the fact that it’s Tulip who invents them?
On p.19 Mr Barnes recalls accidentally dropping his grandfather’s tortoise when he was a child. What is disturbing about Tulip’s response to this?
What do you think the last page of this chapter tells us about Tulip?

5. Group Task Create a new game for Natalie and Tulip to play.
Write down the rules for the new game in ONE book and be prepared to share with the rest of the class in ____ minutes.

6. Plenary
Which group do you think were the most creative with their game invention? Why?
Which game do you think Tulip would most like to play?
Which game would you most like to play?