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'Small Island'

Practise the unit “'Small Island'” (Year 9 English) by Oak National Academy, with a topic for each of its 35 lessons.

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35 topics

  1. Exploring 'Small Island' and the Windrush context
  2. Helen Edmundson on adapting 'Small Island' for the stage
  3. 'Small Island': from page to stage
  4. 'Small Island': reading the start of Act 1 Scene 1
  5. 'Small Island': exploring the theme of power through Little Hortense
  6. 'Small Island': tracking the events of Act 1 Scene 1
  7. 'Small Island': the significance of the hurricane
  8. Watching and discussing 'Small Island' Act 1 Scene 1 with director Rufus Norris
  9. 'Small Island': reading Act 1 Scene 2
  10. Watching and discussing 'Small Island' Act 1 Scene 2 with director Rufus Norris
  11. 'Small Island': reading the beginning of Act 1 Scene 3
  12. 'Small Island': reading the end of Act 1 Scene 3
  13. Watching 'Small Island' Act 1 Scene 3 with Rufus Norris and Helen Edmundson
  14. 'Small Island': reading Act 1, Scenes 4-6
  15. 'Small Island': reading Act 1, Scenes 7 and 8
  16. Watching and discussing 'Small Island' Act 1 Scenes 4-8 with Rufus Norris
  17. 'Small Island': exploring Act 1 through the context of Windrush
  18. Exploring and evaluating the importance of Act 1
  19. 'Small Island': reading Act 2, Scene 1
  20. Watching and discussing 'Small Island' Act 2 Scene 1 with Helen Edmundson
  21. 'Small Island': reading Act 2, Scenes 2 to 4
  22. 'Small Island': reading Act 2, Scenes 5 to 6
  23. Watching and discussing 'Small Island' Act 2 Scenes 2 to 6 with Rufus Norris
  24. 'Small Island': reading Act 2, Scenes 7 and 8
  25. 'Small Island': reading Act 2, Scenes 9 to 11
  26. Watching 'Small Island' Act 2 Scenes 7-11 with Rufus Norris and Helen Edmundson
  27. Rufus Norris on directing and adapting 'Small Island'
  28. Tracking characters and tension in 'Small Island'
  29. Helen Edmundson on the context, characters and themes of 'Small Island'
  30. Understanding questions and writing thesis statements on ‘Small Island’
  31. 'Small Island': creating topic sentences and using quotes in essays
  32. Essay writing: using context in responses to ‘Small Island’
  33. Introductions and conclusions in a 'Small Island' essay
  34. Planning and writing a 'Small Island' essay
  35. Refining and improving an essay on 'Small Island'

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