This lesson contains 18 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Look at the cover, what do you think the book is about?
Slide 2 - Mind map
Predict what you think will happen in this story
Slide 3 - Open question
In short
The story is about two groups in life: noughts and crosses. They do not get along well.
Callum belongs to noughts and Sephy to the crosses. They are friends and become lovers, but are actually not allowed to hang out together.
Themes: friendship, discrimination in various parts of life
Slide 4 - Slide
What do you think the words: Noughts & Crosses mean?
Slide 5 - Open question
Callum
- A nought
- ''Inferior group''
Inferior refers to something that is of lower quality, value, or importance compared to something else.
Slide 6 - Slide
Sephy
- A cross
- ''Superior group''
Superior refers to something that is of higher quality, value, or importance compared to something else.
Slide 7 - Slide
When you look at the groups Noughts and Crosses. What strikes you now you know that Callum is inferior and Sehpy is superior?
Slide 8 - Open question
The author
Name: Malorie Blackman
Born: London, 1962
Genre: young adult, fiction
Won various prices
Slide 9 - Slide
Noughts and crosses are segregated (gescheiden) and not allowed to do things together. This system was used in South Africa in previous decades as well. What was this system called?
Slide 10 - Open question
Slide 11 - Video
What is your opinion about the book so far?
A
Very interesting!
B
Good book
C
Hmm.. OK
D
Bad
Slide 12 - Quiz
Slide 13 - Video
LET'S START READING
Slide 14 - Slide
Name the Characters and their relationships to one another
Slide 15 - Open question
Is there any evidence that the relationships will deteriorate?
Slide 16 - Open question
Why is it rare for Jasmine to giggle?
Slide 17 - Open question
Why does Maggy call Jasmine Mrs. Hadley while Jasmine calls her Maggie?