Teaching and learning activities

Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of
your students, and to fit the time available:

Learning task 1

Learning task 2

Assessment
A letter to the editor of the school newspaper Tearaway giving an
opinion on whether The Fat Man is suitable for fourth form students
to read. The letter to be assessed for ideas, style, organisation and
technical accuracy.

A paragraph describing/explaining what the student considers to be

the main theme of The Fat Man. The paragraph to be assessed for
ideas (with support), organisation and style.

Resources
Electronic
← For an alternative approach to this novel see The Fat Man
(Word 70KB) , a unit written by Alan Papprill.

Print
← The Fat Man by Maurice Gee.

← Set of Tearaway or school newspapers.

Other
Samples of other students' poster work as well as
professionally produced posters and art prints.