1. Working with a partner or in a small group, create a dramatic reading of one of the poems in this section. Use tone of voice, body language and, if possible, a prop to make your reading more convincing. If you need inspiration, you will find readings of the poems at the following links. Base Details Link: Base Details by Siegfried Sassoon recited by Rupert Mason Search Terms: Actor Rupert Mason recites Base Details by Siegfried Sassoon
MANAGING INFORMATION AND THINKING WORKING WITH OTHERS
Dulce et Decorum Est Link: Dulce Et Decorum Est recited by Christopher Eccleston Search Terms: Christopher Eccleston recites Dulce Et Decorum Est
NUMERACY STAYING WELL
2. In Odyssey 1 you learned the features of creating and presenting a speech. (You can read more about these features on page 198.) Write the opening paragraph of a speech that you would make to a group of teenagers either supporting or opposing the idea that:
Violence is never the right option. COMMUNICATION
4.7 Novel Extract: Once by Morris Gleitzman LITERACY
MANAGING MYSELF
Learning Intentions In this section you will … ✓ Identify and understand narrative perspective in a text. ✓ Confidently use different narrative voices in your own writing.
BEING CREATIVE MANAGING INFORMATION AND THINKING Before Reading
Felix Salinger, the narrator of the extract in this section is ten years old. Working with a partner for two minutes, discuss your answers to the following:
NUMERACY
1. How has your understanding of life changed since you were ten?
2. Identify at least two differences between you, as a ten-year-old child and you now, as a young adult.
