Feeling Words from the Video
happy sad upset excited afraid brave amused angry furious ashamed bored cold hot confused disappointed tired exhausted hungry thirsty surprised nervous proud puzzled relaxed sick sleepy thoughtful worried shy kind malicious jealous overwhelmed shocked scared content in love astonished embarrassed
Write how you were feeling about being in Lockdown
I feel excited about being in lockdown because I don't have to get up and get ready for school.
Sometimes I feel bored about being in lockdown because there's nothing fun to do and I can't go out and visit my school friends.
I feel exhausted being in lockdown because I have to look after my younger brother, and he's annoying.
Read a story of Loyalty and how a rugby team takes a stand before an inter-school tournament. Identify how Riley's feelings change as the situation progresses. Explore how the decisions made by the tournament organisers, the coach, and the team, impact on Riley. Discuss and describe possible responses to the situation described in the story.
Write down what you learnt and your favourite part of the story. Write down your own story of when something was fair or not fair. Ask questions to find out what you think about the story. Write down questions of what you think the story is about and the answers. Write a persuasive piece of writing: Should gender matter when playing sport.
List all the characters in the story. Write down their point of view and possible reasons. Why do they think that way? What has influenced their decision? Who do you believe is right and why?
Find evidence in the text to show how Riley is feeling and how her feelings change across time. Write a summary sentence to capture the most important thing Riley learns in the story. Recognise how Riley’s feelings are shown in the story, you could dramatise the action or illustrate the figurative language.
Examples of Colloquial Language (write down what these mean)
Her heart sank!
I went in to bat for you!
You must be gutted!
I pushed back!
Sweet!
Get that chin up!
You got a hiding!
You still smashed it!
I feel stink!
Explore the dialogue in the story, including examples of when dialogue is split and when many characters are talking. Focus on how the dialogue moves the narrative along and whether the dialogue is realistic. Watch and listen to Harry Potter Impressions. Video record yourself of you reading a section aloud and make your voice sound like one of the characters. Is that how they would talk?
Think critically about the themes (Taking a stand, Loyalty, Justice, Discrimination) in the story. What does it mean to Take a stand, Loyalty, Justice and Discrimination? Write about how the author got his message across (Story: No Girls Allowed).