The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon - Year 7 English

Summary of topic:

• The structure of Fraillon’s text
• Using quotes to support points
• Understanding Fraillon’s motivation for writing the book
• How language is used by the novelist
• The effects of Fraillon’s techniques on the reader 
• Developing others’ ideas effectively

Newspaper articles: 

Love Reading For Kids
Hachette Childrens Group
The Guardian Bookshop
The Reading Zone
Carnegie Greenaway
Zana Fraillon Website

Video clips and documentaries:

Meet Zana Fraillon, author of Bone Sparrow

Zana Fraillon, wins at the ABIA Awards 2017

Further reading:

Literacy Trust Resources

Other:

Assessment/Test and answer sheet:

KPIs:

6 – Commenting on the use of Fraillon’s language
9- Analysing the effects of Fraillon’s techniques on the reader
10- Using quotations accurately to support my points
18- Commenting on the effects of techniques upon others and developing discussion techniques

Typical questions for the assessment in this unit:

How does Fraillon show the theme of… in this extract?
Starting with this extract, show how Fraillon presents …..