1. In your Prepare task you suggested possible themes based on the title alone. Having read the story, would you now change
your choices? 2. What do we discover about the problem with the boiler?
3. What do we learn about the woman while the repairman is fi nishing work on the boiler?
4. How does the writer create sympathy for the woman? 5. Do you think the repairman realises what is going on?
Write a dialogue that might take place between the repairman and his work colleagues once he returns to the offi ce.
SEQUELS AND PREQUELS
A sequel is a story that follows on from a previous story. It will almost always be the same genre and explore similar themes. It will retain some of the same characters but will usually have a diff erent plot and ending.
Catching Fire and Mockingjay are sequels to The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
A prequel is a story that takes place before the events of a story already told. It gives us background information on characters and plots that we are already familiar with.
Hannibal Rising was written as a prequel to the three books in the Hannibal series by Thomas Harris.
Create a sequel or prequel to ‘Teapot Therapy’. You can write this as straight text, including dialogue, direct or indirect speech, or you can develop a graphic short story, illustrating it and adding text and speech bubbles to tell the story.
