The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a complete 14 lesson scheme of work with a 149 slide PowerPoint presentation and a 32-page booklet of worksheets. It includes: Analysis of the characters of Bruno, Father, Gretel and Lieutenant Kotler Extension activities for G and T pupils Starter and plenary activities Historical context understanding research activity Developing inference and deduction skills through The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Empathetic writing - a letter to Grandmother and Bruno's diary Hotseating to develop character knowledge and understanding Analysing John Boyne's use of language and contrast in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Speaking and Listening tasks - Bruno and Shmuel's conversations Writing a book review for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

This 23-slide lesson provides an introduction to John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’. The lesson introduces students to the novel’s key ideas of friendship and childhood, as well as the historical context of World War II and anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany. Questions, discussion points, and tasks are included for students throughout, and the lesson ends with a creative writing task that could be used in class or as a homework activity. This lesson is designed for KS3 pupils. Given the novel’s subject matter, some historical context deals with mature content. PowerPoint saved as PDF.

Two pages of 'SATs style' reading comprehension questions, based on Chapter One of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne.

Engaging and ready to teach one hour lesson to cover chapter seven of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. This lesson helps students to consider the changing identity of Pavel. Students are prompted to think about how Pavel is directly and indirectly characterised and then write a diary entry from Pavel’s perspective. Students will need to synthesise information for this task - adapting what they know from the text to their diary format. This lesson also promotes empathy by supporting students to think from Pavel’s perspective. Learning Objective: Write a personal response in character as Pavel. Learning Outcomes: Bronze: Write a diary entry as Pavel reflecting upon your life before and your life now. Silver: Explain clearly how your identity has changed. Gold: Creatively describe details from your life before ‘Out-With’ Lesson Overview: Do It Now: Students infer what they can work out about the man in the picture? Introduce the idea of appearances being deceptive. Starter: Read chapter 7 and create a mind-map about Pavel Activity 1: Think-pair-share discussion about a quote which shows Pavel’s changing identity. Activity 2: Students write diary entry (example sentence starters given). Peer assessment Plenary: Read and discuss diary entries Freebies: Two pre-reading lessons to introduce students to the context of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A lesson on chapter 1 of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A scheme of work for teaching the entire novel is available for free here. If you find this lesson useful, please consider purchasing this ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Bundle or have a look at other resources available in my shop. . Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

Lesson activities to analyse the character of Pavel in Chapter 7 of **The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. ** Paired discussion on how Pavel’s life must have changed since before the war A role play interview of Pavel with questions supplied Framework for writing Pavel’s story with example sentences and sentence starters A 2 page Word document

A Collection of resources for teaching a literacy unit on the book Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. Included are a selection of original WAGOLLs (what a good one looks like) including all the features necessary for writing at the expected standard for KS2. These include persuasive letters written from Bruno to other characters and a narrative based on Bruno's adventure into the camp.

Engaging and ready to teach one hour lesson to cover chapter thirteen of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. This lesson requires students to consider how John Boyne creates tension in the dinner party scene and to compare how this is shown in the book and the movie. Students will then devise their own drama scene to put into practice tension-building devices. Learning Objective: Analyse how writers and directors create tension. Learning Outcomes: Bronze: Understand which techniques can be used by writers and directors to create tension. Silver: Explain clearly how these techniques create tension. Gold: Use some of these techniques yourself to construct a dramatic performance. Lesson Outline: Do It Now: How might a movie director create tension? Starter: Reading focus – how does John Boyne create tension? Activity 1: Students complete an analysis table based on quotes from this chapter with teacher support. Activity 2: How is tension created in the film? Activity 3: Devising their own scene in groups and performing. Plenary: What do you think happened to Pavel? What do you think will be the consequences for Lieutenant Kotler? Freebies: Two pre-reading lessons to introduce students to the context of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A lesson on chapter 1 of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A scheme of work for teaching the entire novel is available for free here. If you find this lesson useful, please consider purchasing this ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Bundle or have a look at other resources available in my shop. . Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

A scheme of work and student worksheets covering a broad range of topics and assessments. Allows students to use historical knowledge to critically analyse the presentation of the characters in the book. Opportunities for debate, comprehension and writing.

SOW on powerpoint - lots of accompanying worksheets but from range of sources so can't put on TES please email/message if you would like them

Students will use a printable Venn diagram template for a side-by-side comparison of Bruno’s old and new house. This lesson explores the thoughts and feelings of the main character by probing language and using quotes. Students will show their understanding by writing a PEE paragraph and challenging themselves by using ambitious vocabulary. The lesson ends with a quick round of comprehension questions. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 7 slides Printable Venn diagram (answers included) ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

A lesson activity on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Chapter 2 which encourages discussion of the ways in which the writer creates atmosphere. Pupils fill the gaps in quotations from the text which describe Bruno’s Berlin house and his new house. Answers are supplied in teacher’s notes and going through them could lead to discussion of how the writer conveys the differences in appearance and atmosphere of the two houses. On A3 paper pupils then draw the two houses side by side, making clear visually the differences between them and adding some of the quotations they completed. A 3-page Word document

Year 6 Whole Class Guided Reading Planning for ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Currently using as an intervention for SEN year 8/9 students so would work for secondary too! 4 x 30 minute lessons designed to be taught over 7 weeks Follows the VIPERS scheme Retrieval questions and SATs style questions included Designed to be taught alongside the whole text You will need a copy of the text Please leave a review

Comprehension questions on a PowerPoint for ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ suitable for KS2 and KS3. This can be used alongside the teacher led reading or adapted to be part of a series of lessons.

This crossword on John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ provides an enjoyable but academic activity for pupils to test their knowledge of the novel. It always works as a great starter or plenary task. Ideal for KS3 and high-attaining KS2 pupils. Note: answer to the question of Shmuel’s religion is ‘Judaism’ not ‘Jewish’ or ‘Jews’, etc.

3 assessments for the novel in the style of GCSE: x2 reading x1 writing

Half a term scheme focused on delivering an element of intergrated curriculum, combining geography and history into the teaching of English.

This is a full lesson PP - ready to teach - although you may wish to change / differentiate to your own context on the above named topic. I've uploaded lots of lessons and some that follow on from each other if you would like to use them all. Each has the same start to the title for ease of finding. This lesson covers the context of the novel.

A scheme of work which covers the whole of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas novel. Includes a scheme overview, 20 Powerpoints with activities taking pupils through the novel, chapter by chapter, with starter activities, plenaries, a wide range of activities and some assessments covering character, theme and language. Everything you need to teach the book effectively. Covers the full range of literature assessment criteria for a middle ability Year 8 group. Contains: 20 PowerPoint presentations: each focuses on a chapter of the book, in order - all self contained with a range of activities An overview of the whole scheme 2 separate worksheets with activities to accompany the lessons

This is a complete KS3 SOW, containing around twenty complete lessons, for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Each lesson contains a recall starter, main tasks and a plenary. Modelling and self and peer assessment opportunities are embedded throughout, especially for the longer writing tasks. The SOW is designed with the Eduquas specification in mind, with tasks gearing towards AO1, AO2 and AO4 style questions. However, the key skills of language analysis, comparison and transactional writing would suit other exam boards.