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Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

Private Peaceful is a 99-slide PowerPoint presentation with an accompanying 25-page booklet of worksheets.

This upper KS2 English resource contains 13 lessons designed to develop knowledge and understanding of the plot, characters, language, themes and historical context of the novel Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo.

It includes a range of lessons, tasks and activities for pupils of all abilities:-

Making predictions - a pre-reading exercise exploring the book's title, cover and blurb
Researching the social and historical context of Private Peaceful - World War One, trench warfare, weapons, gas attacks, uniform, propaganda
Activities to develop knowledge and understanding of the plot - timeline and cloze passage
Analysis of key characters
Exploration of the themes of Private Peaceful - war, love, friendship, family, bravery, etc
Developing awareness of the features of a novel – character, theme, plot, style and language
Creating character acrostics
Independent, pair and group activities
Analysis of Michael Morpurgo's use of language
Developing comparison skills - comparing Private Peaceful to Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce Et Decorum Est'
Level and assessment focus self and peer target setting tasks
Letter writing (empathetic writing) to develop a deeper understanding of character
Report writing in character
Create a CD task to commemorate Charlie and Tommo - character exploration
Mind mapping the key themes and issues of Private Peaceful
A 13 lesson unit of work
A 99-slide PowerPoint presentation (see preview below)
25 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint

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