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The Silver Sword

Fiction Reading Teaching Resource

'The Silver Sword' is a complete 17 lesson Year 5 / Year 6 teaching unit with an slide editable PowerPoint presentation, 22 worksheets and a lesson by lesson overview.

The resource contains a range of lessons, tasks and activities designed to develop knowledge and understanding of the historical context, plot, characters, language and themes of Ian Serraillier’s The Silver Sword. Resources include:

A unit overview with 17 four part lessons covering historical context, plot, character, themes and language
Analysis of the characters of Joseph, Ruth, Edek and Bronia Balicki and Jan
Varied extension activities
A range of starter and plenary activities
Historical context research activity
Discussion of key themes: war, family, friendship, hope, etc
Developing inference and deduction - key reading skills
Empathetic writing – Ruth’s diary
Spoken English task - Hot seating to develop character knowledge and understanding
Analysing Ian Serraillier’s use of language, symbolism and structure in The Silver Sword
Writing a book review for The Silver Sword

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