Novel:
The Book Thief

Term 2 Week 6: 18 - 22 May

• View film adaptation of The Book Thief

• Class brainstorm on themes/ideas/issues raised in the story.

• Read the Prologue and Part One of the novel (up to page 86) by next Monday.

• As you read, write notes on the Prologue and Part One of the novel in your Reading Log. This has been shared via Hapara and you will find it in your English class folder in Drive. Don't worry if you are not sure what to record, just jot things down. We will go over this in class at the beginning of next week.

Term 2 Week 7: 25 - 29 May

• We are creating a shared class reading log, which is linked below.

• Monday: complete Prologue and Part One.

• Please read Part Two (up to page 132) by Wednesday.

• By the end of this week you need to have completed the class reading log to the end of Part Two.

Homework: In preparation for next week, read Parts Three, Four and Five - up to page 326 (or listen to the audiobook).

Term 2 Week 8: 2 - 5 June

• We are creating a shared class reading log, which is linked below.

• This week: Parts Three, Four and Five - up to page 326.

• By the end of this week you need to have completed the class reading log to the end of Part Five.

Homework: In preparation for next week, read Parts Six, Seven and Eight - up to page 486 (or listen to the audiobook).

Term 2 Week 9: 8 - 12 June

• We are creating a shared class reading log, which is linked below.

• This week: Parts Six, Seven and Eight - up to page 486.

• By the end of this week you need to have completed the class reading log to the end of Part Eight.

Homework: In preparation for next week, read Parts Nine, Ten and the Epilogue, i.e. to the end of the book (or listen to the audiobook).

Term 2 Week 10: 15 - 19 June

• We are creating a shared class reading log, which is linked below.

• This week: Parts Nine, Ten and the Epilogue - i.e. to the end of the novel.

• By the end of this week you need to have completed the class reading log to the end of the novel.

Homework: Complete any unfinished work and if you haven't finished reading the novel - now is the time, as next week we start reflecting and planning for your practice exam essays.

Term 2 Week 11: 22 - 26 June

This week we are starting work on writing a practice exam essay on The Book Thief.

Past Level 2 NCEA and Practice Exam papers, exemplars and the assessment schedule can all be found in this folder.

In this document you will find notes of our class discussion on exam questions and the difference between a Level 1 and a Level 2 exam essay. I have put the link to the Level 1 material in that doc so that you can compare.

1. In your copy of the document <Your Name> Exam Quotes - The Book Thief, which you will find in your English folder in Drive, select and enter your best quotations for each category. Try and choose examples which come from the beginning, middle and end of the novel, showing development. Keep your quotations short so they are easier to remember.
   
   You can work on this table for homework and in Wednesday's class time.

2. Copy your quotations into the relevant sections of the shared Class Quote Bank doc, so that you can all help each other to find good quotations.

3. Read the exam essay assessment criteria and a range of essay exemplars.

Term 2 Week 12: 29 June - 3 July

1. In your English folder in drive, you will find a doc <Your name>'s Essay Plan - The Book Thief. The questions for the essay are in this document. You need to choose ONE and make a plan. Be sure to plan for how to answer all parts of the question, and which examples and quotations you will use. Here is an example of a partially completed plan.

2. When you have completed your plan you should draft your essay in the doc <Your name>'s Book Thief Essay, which you will find in your English folder in drive.

3. Ask for feedback on your essay and hand the completed version in on Google Classroom by Friday 3 July.
   Note: if you wish to use this essay as your first piece for the writing assessment, you will need to put effort into the crafting of your sentences and proof-reading for grammar, spelling and punctuation.

At each step, you are welcome to get feedback and help from me.

Style

Here is a great diagram with some language feature examples from the novel:

https://coggle.it/diagram/WvRd1IjjYUOqmCrd/t/the-book-thief-literary-devices