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'Small Island'

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In this unit, pupils explore the playtext adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel 'Small Island'. They first explore the transition from novel to stage, before reading the playtext in full and exploring key scenes in detail. They then plan and write an essay on the theme of 'hope' in the text.

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  • Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
  • Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Cutub 7 / 9

'Small Island'

In this unit, pupils explore the playtext adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel 'Small Island'. They first explore the transition from novel to stage, before reading the playtext in full and exploring key scenes in detail. They then plan and write an essay on the theme of 'hope' in the text.

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