The document provides a list of 17 tasks related to analyzing and responding to themes, events, and ideas from the novel "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". The tasks include creating a board game, propaganda poster, quiz, or newspaper based on the novel; retelling a scene from the perspective of a different character; writing a rap or song; creating a debate between characters; analyzing themes; exploring reasons for a character's actions; designing a book cover; writing a diary entry; analyzing a book review; examining relationships between characters; highlighting themes through art; summarizing a chapter as a comic strip; evaluating the novel's effectiveness; comparing it to another book; researching the author's intentions; studying a historical refugee program

1. Design a board game
based upon the novel,
its themes, events and
ideas.
Create a propaganda
poster to show how
others can be
persuaded that the
camp is not what it
really is.
Create a 5 to 10
question quiz based
upon the events,
themes and ideas from
the novel.
Create a newspaper or
web paper front page
about the events in the
camp.
The story is told
through the eyes of
Bruno. Imagine you are
Shmuel and retell a
scene from his point of
view.
Create a rap or song
based upon the events,
themes and ideas from
the novel. Try writing it
from a character’s
point of view.
Create a TV debate
between Bruno’s
father and
Grandmother arguing
their points of view.
Some critics argue that
Bruno's innocence
comes to stand for the
wilful refusal of all
adult Germans to see
what was going on
under their noses.“
Explain your reasons
for agreeing or
disagreeing with this.
Make arguments for
the 3 most important
themes in the novel.
Support your answers
as to why they are the
most important.
Explain why you think
Bruno’s father decided
to accept the job as
Commandant at
Auschwitz. What might
have been reasons for
or against him taking
the job?
Look through and
research the various
front covers of the
novel. Think about any
changes and
improvements you
could make and
explain your thinking.
Imagine that you are
Bruno or Gretel and
you are keeping adiary.
Write a diary entry,
focusing on your
character’s thoughts
and feelings. Don’t
forget to write in first
person (I, me, etc.)
Annotate and analyse
a review of the novel
and answer the
question in a PEEL
paragraph: How does
the critic use language
to show their opinion?
In your opinion what
conclusions can you
form about the
relationship between
Bruno and Shmuel
Create a picture or 3-D
model highlighting a
theme/theme(s) from
the novel with an
explanation of how
they link.
Summarise a chapter
from the novel in the
form of a comic strip.
Do you think the novel
is effective for a
modern audience?
Explain your reasons
linked to the novel.
In a PEEL paragraph
answer the following
question: Do you think
Bruno is a bad person?
Explain and support
answer with
quotations from novel.
Compare and contrast
‘The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas’ to ‘The Book
Thief’ what similarities
and differences are
there. Which novel do
you prefer and why?
Research and explain
why John Boyne wrote
the novel. What do
you think his
intentions were?
Do you think he
achieved these
objectives? Why or
why not?
Prior to the start of
WWII the UK
government took in
the Kindertransport
programme which ran
between November
1938 and September
1939. Research and
summarize what
events took place.
Research the Nazis
‘Final Solution’
1) Why did it begin?
2) What connections
are there between this
and the novel?
Research 3 different
front covers of the
novel. What sort of
characters do you see?
What is the
relationship between
them?
What do you think
each is thinking and
feeling? What do you
think they might be
saying to each other?
Research fascism in the
world today. What
judgements can you
make as to how times
and attitudes are now
compared with the era
of the 1930s.