A dangerous rival

WARMER ACTIVITIES

1. Look at the front cover. Where do you think the story takes place?

2. How does the British school system work?

• GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education)

• Comprehensive School: school where students are not separated in terms of academic achievement or aptitude

• Grammar School:school where students are separated according to their acaddemic achievement

• Vocational studies

3. Imagine the headteacher asks you to show a new student around the school.

- Would you enjoy it? Why? / Why not?

- What would you tell him/her about your school?

4. What kinds of articles and information would you expect to find in a school newspaper?

4. Do you expect to find articles about the 'supernatural'?

5. What is the supernatural?

6. What supernatural events have you heard of?

7. What is the connection between chakras, aura and reiki?

8. Have you or someone you know got any ideas that are different from those of most other people? How do these ideas affect your relationships with people who think differently from you?