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Y9 Home Learning Project:

My current level: My target for this project:. My teacher’s feedback: WWW: EBI: Level : Effort :. Y9 Home Learning Project:. Task 1: Historical context of the novel.

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Y9 Home Learning Project:

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  1. My current level: My target for this project: My teacher’s feedback: WWW: EBI: Level : Effort : Y9 Home Learning Project:

  2. Task 1: Historical context of the novel • Understanding the historical context of the novel is the key to understanding the writer’s purpose in writing the novel and in understanding the novel’s message and/or moral. • Your first task is a research task which will help you complete all of the other tasks in this booklet. • Find out: • Dates when the war began and ended • How did WW1 begin? • What countries were involved in WW1? • Where did the war take place? • What was Conscription? • What date did the war end? • How did propaganda influence WW1? • Who were Germany’s allies during WW1? • What was trench warfare? • What impact did new technology have on WW1? • How did the allies win WW1? • How many WW1 Veterans are still alive?

  3. Task 2a:Character Profiles: • List 5 adjectives to describe Tommo • List 5 adjectives to describe Charlie • List 5 adjectives to describe Big Joe • List 5 adjectives to describe Molly • List 5 adjectives to describe The Colonel

  4. Task 2b: Record 20 words from the novel which you have read this week (do this in class because you cannot take the book home). These words should be UNFAMILIAR or new words. • Look up their definitions and write these IN YOUR OWN WORDS. • Put them into a sentence. • NEXT: Use a thesaurus and write 5 synonyms for each word (similar words with a similar meaning to that word).

  5. Task 3:Thematic Study: • When discussing a novel, we often talk about its themes. These are topics that get us thinking . • For example, the themes in Private Peaceful include war, family and loyalty, relationships between brothers, bravery, etc. • Themes are NOT the storyline, but areas for discussion that relate to the novel. • Choose 3 key themes from Private Peaceful and write a paragraph about how each one is present in the novel.

  6. Task 4:The Writer’s Technique: • A skilful writer is one who can make us feel empathy for a character. • Write a diary entry, imagining you are Tommo right after the ‘incident’ with his father in the forest. • Describe his thoughts and feelings. • OR • Write a diary entry from the perspective of the German soldier captured in the trenches. • Describe his thoughts and feelings.

  7. Task 5:Private Peaceful The Film • Imagine you are going to create a film of Private Peaceful. Select a scene from the novel and create a storyboard focusing on one key scene. • Your storyboard must contain the following: • 6 illustrated shots from your chosen key scene. • Brief description of the camera angles used and what effect they will have on that particular shot. • Brief description of sound being used • Think back to your Crime Drama Unit.

  8. Task 6:Understanding layers of meaning • Read the following quotations and turn them into PETAL paragraphs which explain what we are learning about Tommo’s relationship with other characters. • One has been completed for you as an example: ‘“It’s not so bad. Honest.” Whenever Charlie says “honest”, I know it’s not true." Anyway I’ll look after you.”’ Tommo is struggling to understand why he has to go to school. He trusts his brother Charlie but knows him well. When Charlie tells Tommo, “It’s not so bad. Honest.” Tommo knows his brother is lying. By using the adjective ‘Honest’ the reader can see that Charlie is trying to protect his brother. Morpurgo builds on the strong relationship the brothers have from the outset, which is tested in parts of the novel. Charlie is an importasnt part of Tommo’s life and is always there to ‘look after’ him. POINT EVIDENCE Technique EXPLANATION LINK Turn these three quotations into PETAL paragraphs: • Charlie - ‘“Piggyback?” says Charlie. He sees my eyes full of tears and knows how it is. Charlie always knows how it is’. • Molly - ‘Suddenly I no longer want to run home. I want to stay here with Molly. I know I have a friend.’ • Mr Munnings – ‘“A new boy, a new boy to add to my trials and tribulations. Was not one Peaceful enough? What have I done to deserve another one?’

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