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Ninja: First Mission
By Chris Bradford
Teachers’ Guide
This resource contains activities set at various levels to engage a
wide range of students. Teachers or learning support assistants will
find that many tasks can be completed independently, whilst others
require pair or group work, thus providing flexibility and variety in
lessons.
Our aim is to provide fun, stimulating and accessible resources which
all levels of student will enjoy.
Activities and Cross-curricular links
Chapter 1: Cloze activity
Chapter 2: Personal and Social Education; Citizenship.
Chapter 3: Comprehension and Information Retrieval
Chapter 4: Art and Design, Graphic Communication.
Chapter 5: Matching exercise
Chapter 6: Creative writing (newspaper report) and research
Chapter 7: Art and Design and Information Retrieval
Chapter 8: Yes/No Activity
Chapter 9: Word game and dictionary skills
Chapter 10: Creative writing and word game
Answers provided at end, where appropriate.
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Chapter 1: Floorboards
Activity 1
Fill in the
blanks with words from the box below.
My name is ________ . This is my first ________ as a ninja and I must not
fail.
I’ve been training to be a _____ and an assassin all my life. But I’m still
only fourteen.
Lord Oda the ________ warrior wears a golden silk robe with the crest
of a black ______ upon his back. In his hand, he holds a scroll of _______.
Lord Oda is the sworn ________ of the ninja and it’s my task to stop him
destroying our _____ .
I can hear two ______ talking in the corridor. For a moment I’m
worried they may have discovered me.
I‘m now so close to Lord Oda, I can hear him ________. As I reach out,
my arm blocks the __________ shining onto his face.
Lord Oda’s ______ snap open.
clan
moonlight
paper
enemy
Taka
guards
mission
spy
eagle
breathe
samurai
eyes
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Chapter 2: Dragon’s Gate
Activity 2
‘Well done, you even beat Renzo!’ she whispers, glancing at a large
sixteen-year-old boy with muscle-bound arms and a shaven head.
Renzo is glaring at me. He’s not used to coming second.
‘It doesn’t count,’ he grunts.
‘Why not?’ I protest.
‘You’re not a real ninja. You haven’t gone on a mission yet.’
Renzo loves to remind me of this fact, and my joy at mastering
the Five Blades technique is ruined.
In Chapter Two, Taka is upset at being put-‐down by Renzo’s negative
remarks and it takes away the pleasure of him mastering the Five
Blades technique.
Think about:
• Why some people regularly make negative ‘put-‐down’
comments like Renzo did to Taka. What does it say about them?
• What sort of feelings would Taka have experienced?
• What could Taka do to overcome these feelings and build his
own confidence?
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Mind Map
Using the mind-‐mapping
chart below,
write down your ideas on
dealing with put-‐downs and building confidence. The first few ideas
have been started for you.
Ignore
Stay calm
Mix with positive people
Questionnaire
Now you need to find out how other people in your school deal with
negative comments.
Using your ideas from the own mind-‐map, make up a questionnaire
on this subject and see what other ideas come up from students in
your class.
Your questionnaire should:
• Have at least 5 questions.
• Some are just yes or no answers and some a short reply.
• Give out to at least eight pupils.
Dealing with
put-downs