Liz Pichon Learning Resource
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- Contents of this resource
- Note to teachers using this resource
- The Brilliant World Of Tom Gates
- Activities Creating Texts
- Extension or Rich Task
- Camping – cool camping gear
- Local Campsite Visit – Design Your Own
- Granny Mavis Pizza Design
- Parents’ Evening Survival Guides
- Excellent Excuses (And Other Good Stuff)
- Activities Five Star Sleepover
- Music for Delia’s a Weirdo
- Recruit another band member
- Mr Fullerton’s Homework Letters
- Instruments from recycled materials
- General Activities Involve your local library
- Language 1 + 2 – Translation
- Design birthday cards for the class
- Scrabble or Banagrams – Tom Gates Style
- Preparing for the Event Author Research
- Doodles, Doodles Everywhere!
Liz Pichon Learning Resource Activities based on The Brilliant World of Tom Gates and Excellent Excuses (And Other Good Stuff) CFE Second Level (Age 9-11) Resources created by Linda Murray, classroom teacher at St. Peter’s Primary School, Galashiels Contents of this resource
Note to teachers using this resource These resources are full of cross-curricular activity suggestions to help you explore the Tom Gates books with your pupils in library and classroom activities. Adapt and use as you see fit! The resources have been produced to help you get the most out of our online Authors Live event with Liz Pichon, but you can use them at any point to engage pupils with these fantastic, fun books. You can watch the event on 29 October 2015 – here is the link to register for free: http://scottishbooktrust.com/learning/teachers-librarians/authors-live/authors-live-events/tom-gates-with-liz-pichon If you don’t watch the event on the day, you will be able to view or download it afterwards from our Watch on Demand section: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning/teachers-librarians/authors-live/watch-on-demand About Liz Pichon Liz Pichon’s background in graphic design is reflected in her work as both author and illustrator of the Tom Gates series. She has a distinctive style which is instantly recognisable, and her website is full of activities, hints and tips to help others share her passion for all things Tom. She has previously worked in the music industry as an art director, which may account for Tom’s interest in music. Her graphic designs have been used on T-shirts, greetings cards, and other products. She has sold over one million books in the series in the UK alone and the book has been translated into 36 languages. The first book in the series, The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, The Red House Book Award Best Book for Young Readers and the Waterstones Best Fiction for 5-12 year olds Prize. The fourth book, Tom Gates: Genius Ideas Mostly, won the Blue Peter Award for Best Story. Liz wrote her first book after illustrating for other authors and realising that she could probably be a writer too. She has written the Tom Gates books in a style which she feels reflects the idea that Tom is writing in his exercise book or jotter and his teachers are making comments. When asked if she feels there are more books to come, she believes she still has lots of ideas she has yet to explore – exciting times! Find out more about Liz at her website: http://lizpichon.com/ The Brilliant World Of Tom Gates Tom Gates loves to doodle, hang out with his friend Derek and annoy his sister Delia at every possible opportunity. He hates homework, Marcus Meldrew and the thought of performing in the school concert. He’s your typical rascal pupil who has lots of talent in anything which allows him to indulge his love of drawing. He plays in a band with his friend, is indulgent of his unusual grandparents (whom he calls ‘The Fossils’), and adores the rock band Dude 3. He’s the first to tell you he can be easily distracted and ‘lacks focus’, but if there is a caramel wafer on offer… Activities
Liz Pichon uses the comic book genre for her Tom Gates novels. She gives some great advice on how to do this these short videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAcKMsmijCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWpPMyC3V7Q Watch the video before having a try at this genre. Like many authors when asked about how to get started, Liz talks about writing about what you know about and are interested in. Have a Thought Storm session to help everyone out and include ideas generated by the learners, e.g. football, celebrities and school. http://lizpichon.com/ LIT 2-20a, Liz talks of writing down ideas as soon as you have them on sticky notes or in notepads. Use the guillotine to slice jotters in half to make mini jotters and have these readily available at all times to help encourage this process. Set aside time every day for ten minutes of ‘Snack Writing’ where everyone in the class writes whatever they wish (within reason). This needs a certain amount of structure and should be introduced as a whole class activity: initially learners may like to be given a prompt in picture, sentence starter or subject form to help those who are unsure or reluctant to begin writing. Later, learners can be encouraged to select their own subjects and perhaps carry the piece on over a number of Snack sessions. The important thing is for them to be reassured that this writing will be read over by you, but not corrected which should encourage creative flow. Extend the ten minutes if this works too. This TES resource provides excellent writing prompts (you’ll need to create a free account): http://bit.ly/VisStoryPrompts Another way to encourage creativity using the comic book format would be to make half jotters with blank sheets for cartoon drawing with a stipulation that it should include some text. Set this up in the same way as Snack Writing but call it something like Comic Capers. Sometimes Tom substitutes a drawing for a word. Write letters to a friend using this method, or create a ‘secret message’. Use this as a vertical learning opportunity and work with one of the younger stages to help them access this form of writing. This is often referred to as using pictograms. If you’re looking for more advice, guidance and tasks on creating stories, check out writer Lari Don’s six part series on Unlocking the Writer Inside: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/blog-tags/lari-don-writing-tips LIT 2-24a, LIT 2-24a, Using pictograms, or word play, is very common in children’s books. However, the original use of pictures used as a direct substitute for words is referred to as a rebus. A rebus was used in heraldic terms in medieval times to represent someone’s name. Have your class research the use of images in heraldry and create some modern, Tom Gates-inspired rebus images. Alternatively, watch an episode or two of Catchphrase together and have your learners make their own images up using Powerpoint or other graphic software. Challenge another class to a catchphrase-fest with a specific theme. Extension or Rich Task Write a lost mini chapter, or perhaps an epilogue for this book.
Tom introduces us to many of his classmates and some of the staff in his school. Liz uses annotated drawings to help us to understand her characters and to give us lots of information using less written description than we would find in a conventional novel. Using this format, encourage each learner to create their own page to create a sort of ‘rogues’ gallery’ for your class, or alternatively self portraits. Rich Task Develop this further and use the format to make a class yearbook which could include accounts of school trips, sports, topics, funny moments and other achievements.
Tom’s slightly irreverent attitude and penchant for doodling is a perfect context to create a board game. Start with a basic idea of working round a board and stopping on squares which have consequences both good and bad before moving to more sophisticated formats. Perhaps send your class’s ideas to Liz Pichon – this could be the start of something big! An Enterprise project can be developed from this, particularly if you ‘themed’ the board games to fit in with a school fair, e.g. Tom Gates ‘Does’ Christmas.
Consider what other products could be added to a Tom Gates franchise after looking at how other companies do this. Good examples to look at would be Disney and ‘Frozen’, or the Minions from ‘Despicable Me’. Questions to be considered would be why there are spin off sales, what the companies do to encourage this and how this could be developed for Tom Gates. Have your learners create ideas boards in design teams and possibly make mock-ups.
When Tom and his dad head off to the camping and outdoor shop his dad is tempted by all the ‘cool’ camping gear and they end up buying all sorts of extras which don’t actually help them in the end when the weather turns vile. How about trying to invent some cool equipment which is weather-proof in some way? Make prototypes or models and sell the idea to the rest of the class in a presentation with some of the class members acting as entrepreneur dragons or even Sir Alan Sugar. Give them a start-up budget, and then charge the students for everything they use from scissors and papers to consultancy fees if they need to come and ask you a question. This could develop into an interesting Enterprise project.
Tom’s camping trip is for fun, but what about those who have no other shelter? ShelterBox is a charity which provides emergency shelter and vital supplies to support disaster-torn communities around the world. Rotary International are project partners and help fundraise for this incredible cause. Why not arrange a fundraiser to help buy a ShelterBox tent or complete kit? Once you have submitted your donation you can track the box to its final destination (although sometimes they can be in store for a year). Contact your local Rotary Club to see if they can bring a tent and its contents to the school for you to see what is included and to get a real feel for what ShelterBox provides. www.shelterbox.org www.rotarygbi.org Before you begin this task you may wish to have your class research disasters, both natural and man-made. Unfortunately we live in a world where there is always a need for disaster relief. The Red Cross is often one of the first aid organisations to arrive on the scene and have representatives there long after the media hype has moved on. Information on current disasters and crises can be found on their website. www.redcross.org.uk
Tom’s dad buys all sorts of extras for the camping trip: did they really need them and were they useful in the end? Thinking about UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools Programme, and explore people’s needs and wants and what this can mean to you. If your school is already registered with the RRSA this would be an ideal opportunity to further embed its message and ethos. If this is not something your school has signed up to, you may still find the idea of a class charter and exploring the rights of the young person a useful process. Start off with some activities around Wants and Needs; consider asking your class what they think the difference is between these and have them come up with initial lists of both. Try out the activities in this link below. There are other sites and activities if this one does not appeal. http://projecttrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Human-Rights-Treasure-Hunt-Wants_and_Needs_Cards.pdf Follow through with discussions about consumerism and whether we buy too much. Talk about Christmas and birthdays: these days the age at which children are given televisions for their rooms and other gadgets is becoming younger to the point where the options at upper school age become more and more expensive. What part does peer pressure play in all of this? What makes us happy? Bring this discussion back to thinking about children in war and disaster-torn countries. Is it fair, and what can we do to help? www.unicef.org.uk
If you were planning a camping trip, where would you go? Are you working on any particular topic or project which could link into this trip? Give the learners a budget and leave them to plan the trip including which camping sites they would stop at and why. This may require reading reviews and considering how this fits into the budget. Give different groups different modes of camping, e.g. tents, motorhomes, caravans and trailer tents. Each of these has a different tariff, and different needs such as electrical hook ups. Have them present their trips to another class – which trip would the others choose to go on? www.ukcampsite.co.uk www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk
If you have a local campsite, arrange to visit this to consider the amenities available. Arrange to design a brochure for the site, or create a wish list for improvements if there was a specific budget available. If you don’t have a site nearby, discuss any your learners have previously visited, research online and through written literature before creating a dream site. How would your learners as the new owners encourage people to visit? Set up the advertising agency which would take on the job. Extension SOC 2-08a/b You could consider making a study with your class of the environmental impact of the site and how well the proprietors cater for sustainability. For example, how do they manage recycling and water consumption? How do they control energy at night, particularly lighting in places like the toilet block? Do they use an alternative to concrete in their buildings? How do they manage their grounds (pesticides or organic treatment)? Look to the Eco Schools website for some guidance if you are unfamiliar with how this work supports your curriculum. http://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/sustainable-development-education/eco-sch
Tom loves to borrow his sister Delia’s magazine Rock Weekly. He has a band called DogZombies with his friend Derek and of course, they are always very interested in what is going on in the world of rock, particularly if it involves their favourite band of all time Dude3. Discuss the bands which interest your learners, try to create one edition of Rock Weekly by producing articles and information about the bands which are popular in your class. Look out for examples of article styles and consider how to develop this genre. Naturally, all article samples should be checked before using to ensure the content is age appropriate for your learners3.. http://www.rocksound.tv/ http://www.kerrang.com/ Extension EXA 2-19a This can be extended into a music task: after discussing the class’s tastes in music, spend time together analysing the music styles e.g. considering features such as rhythm, melody and lyrics. Contact your local secondary school and find out if they would like to come on board for this, and perhaps even help in the making of a class record.
Tom’s grandparents, Granny Mavis and Granddad Bob are a little eccentric. Tom affectionately refers to them as ‘The Fossils’. Any invitation to eat at The Fossils should be treated with caution as they like to experiment and Granny Mavis is not the best cook! Granny puts together a packed lunch for Tom which he has to open at school. Initially all looks good: Granny has made pizza. However, this is no ordinary pizza; the toppings have been used to make a face with a very creative use of a banana for the smile! Have a go with your class at making unusual – yet palatable – pizzas. Link up with your local secondary school food technology department and make these there. Have your class write the pizzas up as recipe cards and make a pizza compilation book including photographs of each stage of the recipe. Sell copies to help raise funds for ShelterBox.
Tom is not the only child to ever feel some concern over parents’ evenings! He is wary about what Mr Fullerman might say to his parents but feels equal trepidation about his parents’ behaviour on the night, between his mother’s determination to look at absolutely everything on the walls and in jotters to his father’s embarrassing clothing. Talk to your learners before writing parents’ evening survival guides to help both parents and learners cope with this stressful time. Include such features as ‘top 10 things NOT to do’; what to wear; how to interact with other parents; how best to report back to your child and how to avoid embarrassing your child any more than is absolutely necessary. One starting point might be to look at the picture images used in swimming pools for their ‘don’ts’. Perhaps it could be adapted as an illustrated guide: ‘show, don’t tell’ in writing where the pictures can explain more about what the words are saying. Excellent Excuses (And Other Good Stuff) Tom is back with more excuses for forgetting his homework, amongst other things. Of course, his brilliant plans are found out again, but he manages to charm his way out of his troubles! Things get even more complicated when he is forced to come up with excuses to avoid the school band. Not to mention how he manages to get around his ‘expert’ knowledge of trees – not! Activities
At the beginning of this book Tom is looking forward to a sleepover with his friend Derek who lives next door. They plan their event across the divide between their houses, chatting at their bedroom windows. If your learners were to plan the sleepover of all sleepovers – a five-star sleepover if you will – what would they include? Ask your learners to plan the greatest sleepover ever. Where would they hold it: Deep Sea World, Glasgow Science Museum, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, or another public place? All these unusual places host sleepovers. Where else might your learners choose and what would they do for the evening? Help them create itineraries for their dream evening and all the paperwork they feel might be required, from invitations and menus to safety procedures and risk assessments.
Tom tries to get out of trouble with his mother by re-enacting the whole scene in slow motion, presumably to give his excuses more credence! Liz Pichon has cleverly drawn Tom in various positions to represent this slow motion. Have your learners think about a short piece of action which would work for this, e.g. daily household chores or single actions on the sports field. How might they represent this in animated film? Have them draw each ‘slide’ and develop a film to show the slow motion effect. Invite a younger class to come and enjoy the results, or work with another group to produce these short films.
Tom and Derek have penned a fabulous song specifically to annoy Delia, Tom’s sister. Its title is Delia is a Weirdo and naturally, it does not compliment her in the least! Can your learners compose the music for the song, and entertain another class with a performance? The class could be divided into groups to have a competition ‘A song for Delia’. There is a version of the song provided on Liz Pichon’s website which may be a useful starting point as it is more of a karaoke version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXhxTFkNFE
Dogzombies is Tom and Derek’s band. They are finding it increasingly difficult to extend their repertoire when they have only two members: poor Derek has to divide himself between playing the keyboard and drums which, understandably, is rather tricky! They decide to recruit a drummer and Tom designs a fabulous poster to advertise the position. What would your learners do to attract a new member? Would they have a newspaper advert or article; a short radio advert; an application form? How would they decide who to choose? Tom and Derek end up with only one person at the auditions (if you discount Derek’s dad), but what would have happened if there had been another 5 candidates? Create the recruitment campaign, or rewrite the auditions scene with several drumming hopefuls. How would it have ended then?
Tom describes a game he enjoys playing called The Scribble Game (p51): “Do a scribble, then see what you can turn it into.” Have a go as a class with everyone creating a scribble for a partner to develop, or have the same scribble for everyone and consider how different/similar everyone’s interpretations are. Set up a scribble gallery and invite the rest of the school to contribute – save it for a rainy day, quite literally: use it as a wet break time activity.
As a last resort, Tom has to spend some time with Aunty Alice and Uncle Kevin when there is no one else to look after him one afternoon. His Aunty and Uncle are rather posh and Tom has not always survived visits unscathed: his two cousins enjoy getting him into trouble. One bonus Tom feels will help him with this visit is the huge TVs and sofas all over the house, not to mention the well stocked fridge and biscuit cupboards. If you could design your own chill out room, what would you have in there? Work in small groups to create a floor plan and presentation board showing everything you would have – including amazing technology which may not have been produced just yet. Perhaps the groups could then make scale models from recycled materials, or linked to 3D shape work. Alternatively, arrange for your class to take briefs from a younger stage and produce rooms for their ‘clients’. The younger stage will have an opportunity to extend their skills in description and your class will find out how much more challenging it is when the criteria are set by others. We talk about amazing technology out there waiting to be discovered – but do we really need it? Is an E-Reader really so much better than a book with actual paper? Can a bed which is designed to change position by the press of a button replace one with a standard mattress which makes a great trampoline? Which technological advances are important and do they all make out lives better? If this creative style suits your learners, take a look at some of the ideas from Molly Potter in her Outside the Box book series if you have a copy at school.
When Tom has toothache and has to visit the dentist, it takes him a little while to figure out why his dad is so amused by the dentist’s name – Mr D. Kay. Tom eventually sees the joke. The term used for a personal name which suits its owner is aptronym. Some real life examples would be Sara Blizzard who is a meteorologist for the BBC, Chuck Long who was a former NFL quarterback and Marina Stepanova who was a 400m hurdler. Have some fun with your class and play with words and names. Try to come up with some new examples which could then be used to write short fictional biographies. Portraits could be drawn in the style of Tom gates to finish the whole project off. www.oxforddictionaries.com
Like many teachers, Mr Fullerton writes his homework assignments in pseudo letter form. Tom includes copies of these in the books. We are also given the chance to read Tom’s excuses as well as Mr Fullerton’s chatty responses. Occasionally there are letters to and from home as well, particularly when Tom has failed to come up to scratch with his homework. These are always fun and they help to move the action on considerably. Take a look at other children’s fiction which makes effective use of letter writing to move a plot on or to add to the story, e.g. Harry Potter including the Howlers. Discuss how this contributes to the novels. Try using this technique in a class writing session, perhaps as the introduction to a story, e.g. a letter home from a child evacuee, a letter to a penpal or a letter to another scientist explaining how well the Time Machine experiment has gone.
Oh dear! Poor Tom and Derek are forced to join the school band when their head teacher realises they have a band of their own. Unfortunately, the school band uses instruments made from recycled materials which are not really very inspiring for either of the boys. The boys are actually the worst musicians in the band! As part of your work on sustainability and as a contribution to your school’s Eco work, why not run a project to create your own recycled instruments? This could be linked to science too. Begin with the most basic of instruments - the glass bottle and water xylophone - and build up! There are loads of Youtube videos to give you hints and tips, or you could use the following 36 page guide to help you. http://www.soapkidz.org/documents/musicalinstruments.pdf
Tom’s class go out on a field trip to hunt for bugs and beasties. This is always a major hit with any class and as everyone appreciates, can be used to cover a variety of learning outcomes from science to health and wellbeing, art, literacy and maths. Create charts and graphs; look at habitats and how to improve them; record finds through photographs and drawings; write bug guides; make top trump cards; make your own bug catchers…the list is endless! Tom’s class seemed to do this as a bit of a standalone event – Mr Fullerton appears to have missed a trick here! Scottish Book Trust have a fantastic resource available on the life and work of conservationist John Muir. To access the free graphic novel and supporting resources, which contain many more suggested conservation tasks, visit the following link: www.scottishbooktrust.com/johnmuir
School trips or excursions are always a highlight for those involved, but they do need a fair amount of organisation. Have your learners plan a trip to a place of local relevance. They must consider costs; transport; number of adults required and who they might be; relevance to their learning; resources required and clothing and personal belongings to be taken. This would be an excellent opportunity to help your learners appreciate risk and how to minimise this for both themselves and others. Introduce them to risk assessment and how to go about this properly. Your local authority will no doubt have a preferred format (many now use RIVO) which you may not have direct access to, but there are plenty of accessible formats which you could make use of. Arrange for someone from the authority’s Health and Safety department to come along to discuss this with them. General Activities
I was recently made aware of a fantastic initiative taking place at my local library. One of the members of staff runs a Friday book club where she has an admittedly small and select group who come every week to discuss books they have selected to read. The discussions have been insightful and have taken them beyond the immediate book to referencing them against books previously read. Some children have significantly improved their reading abilities through their active participation in the group. The same member of staff also runs a writers’ group which again, by necessity, has to be quite small. She is reporting fantastic creativity and productivity. She stresses she is not focussing on the mechanics of writing but the development of imaginative ideas. Does your local library have someone who would be interested in this? Do they have a development officer who could take this on board? It may appear elitist to have small groups but then, this will not be something everyone will want to do. Book readings are often held for the younger age groups in our local libraries, but what about for the older primaries? Have you taken your class to the library to see what it is all about? What do you do when you get there? Liaise with your library staff and arrange some events. World Book Day is a perfect starting point. Use the Liz Pichon Authors Live Event as a way in: would you be able to view the event in your library? Perhaps your class could create promotional material to be displayed in the library or a display after the event reporting on it? Invite others to come along and work on one of the other activities suggested in this resource. Would your library be prepared to have a Tom Gates Day? Your class could organise it. How do you use your school library? Does every class have a visiting ‘slot’? How do you use this? Can you make more productive use of the class visit? Discuss the layout, the idea of a ‘reference only’ section, popular authors, care of the books and other aspects of library life. Use the time to read extracts from novels, perhaps based on a theme for the term: adventure, the classics, fairytales, etc. Set up a suggestions box for your class to make reading requests. Another initiative I have seen work very successfully is a reading group for boys only. It is aimed at capable, yet reluctant, readers. This group is very popular and holds kudos in the school as membership is by invitation only. Each member of the group is gifted the book under discussion, and given time to read it before they meet after school to discuss their reading. The group is made of boys from Primaries 6 and 7.
If you think about Dennis the Menace and Tom Gates, they are not dissimilar characters: they are both deep down good lads who just enjoy a bit of a prank and would prefer to be off playing with their friends rather than spend their days within the four walls of a classroom. The literary techniques used to tell their stories bear similarities too. It can be argued that Liz Pichon is simply using a more sophisticated form of comic strip. Spend time with your class looking at comic strip formats either from the Dandy and The Beano, or Oor Wullie. Now have each learner select one of the incidents from Tom Gates and adapt it to comic strip form. Create a class comic and send a copy to Liz Pichon. Come up with new ideas for Tom and make comic pages for these. Try to emulate Liz’s drawing style.
The Tom Gates series has been translated into 36 different languages. In Scotland, as we roll out the 1+2 Language programme, why not have a go at translating a couple of pages of one of the books into one or both of the languages now introduced into your school? Use this as a transition opportunity and work with the language department for the local secondary school to develop this into a mini project with their support. Create new pages using the vocabulary you are currently focussing on, or use it as a general recap of vocabulary previously learned.
There are lots of different word cloud generators available to download, probably the most recognisable being Wordle. Use one of these to create a word cloud which is representative of Tom and his antics. Either have everyone make their own, or try to organise one with everyone involved which will help you to see which words are used in association with Tom Gates most frequently by your learners. Alternatively, avoid computers altogether and hand draw your word clouds using all the techniques and styles used by Liz Pichon. This may take a couple of lessons as your learners will have to spend time identifying and then practising the ‘fonts’ used. Watch a couple of Liz’s videos showing how to doodle and how to draw calligrams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhPGAtBN_rY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWpPMyC3V7Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fYxGvepsLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7UDPec5Gc http://www.edudemic.com/9-word-cloud-generators-that-arent-wordle/
Can you use Liz Pichon’s style to create a customised and fully personalised T Shirt? Think about what you would want to include in order to ensure this T Shirt is a unique design. Move forward and actually put your design on fabric by buying standard white T Shirts and using a method of your choice to transfer your design. Experiment with different printing techniques on old sheets before taking the plunge. How about screen printing, hand drawing or trying different methods using printed paper? www.instructables.com/id/At-home-screenprinting www.thegraphicsfairy.com
Liz Pichon is a graphics designer and her designs have been used to make greetings cards. Why not have your whole class design and make a card each? Store them in a birthday box and select one for every birthday in the class. This way the class has a chance to collectively celebrate their classmates’ birthdays in a unique and thoughtful way.
The Tom Gates series is written in the epistolary style which can include letters, other documents and often diary entries. Obtain copies of another novel written in this style, e.g. Diary of a Wimpy Kid and compare and contrast. Look for any similarities in the style: first person, irreverence, friendships and rivalries, etc. What is different? Can you tell they are written by different authors and if so, how? What are the clues? Which do they prefer and why? Encourage debate and split the learners into two groups each advocating the superiority of one or other of the novels.
Access Wikispaces (you can do this through GLOW if you teach in Scotland) and set one up for your class, or create a network with other classes or schools to debate or discuss aspects of these novels or issues which arise from reading them. Ask your local library services if they would like to get involved with this and arrange to have a link set up on your library or local council services website.
Tom Gates book covers are designed by Liz Pichon herself – what might happen if she became just too busy with the writing to find time to make the new covers? What if she decided to hold a competition to design a new cover for her first book? Have your learners use their own style to design a cover which creates a complete contrast to the current covers.
Have the class play scrabble or another word puzzle game but restrict answers or choices to words found in Tom’s books. You probably need to allow proper nouns. This is a fun way to assess recall skills. We have recently started to have a Boagle at Boggle!
There are many, many ways to develop skills in book reports. Try some of the ideas available from Unique Teaching which is a site run by a teacher from the United States. She tends to make UK versions as well to avoid spelling issues! You do pay a fee to download your chosen report but it is very low cost and there are often ‘sales’. Choose from a board game template, Wanted posters and hamburgers to name but three. Perhaps you could challenge the older stages to make you a resource which you could then put up for purchase online – another fundraising idea perhaps? http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/
Preparing for the Event
Liz Pichon is very comfortable with audiences both virtual and real. She has made a number of videos which are available through her website which give you hints and tips to help you write your own stories and tell you more about graphic design too. Look out for all her Chocolate Wafer references including the wrapper trick. She has made a number of appearances at Book Fairs and other events, some of which are available to download. Her event at the Hay Book Festival is a good place to start. There are literally dozens of clips available to download! http://lizpichon.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfzjFIYvgaQ
There’s a real trend just now to wear face masks which are photos of celebrities or sports stars. Have everyone select a character from the series and make a Tom Gates mask to wear for the event.
Be prepared to doodle during the event! Be ready with pencil or pen, clipboard and paper. Liz is bound to inspire and encourage your learners to do this during the programme. If not, they will definitely want to have a go the minute the programme has ended! Yüklə 70,69 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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