1. Your Name
English
Miss Kristian
7SBG
Fill in the front of your exercise books.
Learning objectives
• We will understand Miss Kristian’s expectations of us.
• We will make predictions about the novel we are going to read
based on the front covers.
2. When someone is speaking, nobody else should be.
We will respect and listen to each other’s opinions.
We will try our best in every lesson.
After 5,4,3,2,1 we should be silent.
Classroom expectati0ns
3. In your jotter, come up with three important class
room expectations.
Now join up with another pair.
In your new group, share ideas and decide on two top
class room expectations.
With the person you’re sitting with:
6. Try to answer the questions verbally (that means that
you don’t have to write the answers down!)
Find the other pair with the same cover.
Compare answers and nominate a spokesperson to
tell us what you thought!
In pairs you will be given one
front cover to look at.
13. I think that Skellig will be a story about… because…
I think that there will be a character who… because…
I think it will be a happy/sad story because…
Using everything you’ve just seen, write a
prediction about what you think Skellig will
be about.
Extra challenge:
Can you predict the genre of
the story? Which genre do
you think it will be? Why do
you think this?
14. Get your green book covered with sticky back plastic
or thick paper (wallpaper and a label).
Due:
Homework
