Heroes (Robert Cormier)

(Heroes (Robert Cormier) - English teaching resource featuring 127 slides)

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English Teaching Resources: Heroes (Robert Cormier)

The Heroes teaching resource includes a 127 slide PowerPoint, 35 worksheets and a scheme of work overview.

English Teaching Resources: Heroes (Robert Cormier) is a detailed unit of work featuring a series of 15 lessons designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the novel Heroes by Robert Cormier. English Teaching Resources: Heroes (Robert Cormier) includes a range of activities for pupils of all abilities:

    -A brief biography of Robert Cormier and the historical context of 1940s USA and the Second World War
    -Activities to explore narrative structure and develop knowledge of the plot of Heroes
    -In depth analysis of the characters of Francis Cassavant, Nicole Renard, Larry LaSalle and Arthur Rivier
    -Exploration of the key themes of Heroes  - heroism, guilt, forgiveness, innocence and evil, revenge, war, loneliness and appearance and reality
    -Developing awareness of the features of a novel – character, theme, plot, style and language
    -The role of setting and the significance of place in the book
    -Robert Cormier's use of symbolism, foreshadowing and powerful imagery
    -Cloze passages and sequencing tasks to consolidate understanding of key scenes
    -Reading and discussion tasks and questions
    -Hot seating activities to explore characters, motives and themes
    -Diary writing (empathetic writing) to develop a deeper understanding of character
    -Links to additional Heroes teaching and learning resources
    -Differentiation - lessons with extension tasks and questions
    -Mind mapping the key themes and issues of Robert Cormier's Heroes
    -A 15 lesson unit of work (following the four part lesson structure)
    -A 127 slide PowerPoint presentation (see preview below)
    -30 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint

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English Teaching Resources: Heroes (Robert Cormier) follows the four part lesson structure. Each lesson begins with a starter activity, moves through an introduction and development and ends with a plenary activity. English Teaching Resources: Heroes (Robert Cormier) fully utilises the potential of PowerPoint as a teaching resource; all PowerPoint slides are clear and easy to follow and use a number of techniques to help students develop knowledge and understanding of the novel. Bold headings, bright and attractive use of colour and illustrations are all used to make this PowerPoint come alive on either an interactive whiteboard or overhead projector. The resource is also very effective on a PC or laptop when used in one to one tuition. The real advantage of using PowerPoint is the ability to edit every slide’s content. You can personalise and differentiate the resources as much or as little as you want. Add extra slides, delete pages, change the text and imagery and update it as is necessary - all slides in the PowerPoint are fully editable. In addition, the resource contains a scheme of work overview and a student booklet packed with worksheets created to be used in conjunction with the PowerPoint. Like the PowerPoints, the worksheets are bright, colourful and very student friendly and although worksheets are under copyright, they can be photocopied for use in the classroom.

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