ACTIVITIES FOR “GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM”

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Use an A4 page to do your activity on and when you have completed each
activity, tick the box beside it.
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Remember to put a title and date on your page.
ACTIVITIES
Thoughts in the head of a
Design an alternative book cover:
character: Choose a character from What do you think would be a
the novel and write part of the
suitable book cover for the novel?
story from his/her point of view.
Remember to add the author and
You will use the word ‘I’ in the
the illustrator (you!) on the
story. For example:
drawing.
“ Hi! I am Willie Beech and let me
tell you my story.”
Complete these sentences :
Write a letter to the author
I would like to know....
expressing your opinion about the
I wonder why......
book. Don’t forget to include your
I felt sorry.....
address, start the letter off
In the same situation I
correctly and sign off correctly.
would...
Interview a character: Write a
Choose a character’s name and
short dialogue between you and
write an acrostic poem about
the character. Think of relevant
him/her.
questions you would ask to help
you understand more about the
story.
Pretend you are a newspaper
reporter. Choose an important
Choose a scene from the book and
event that happens in the book
illustrate it.
and write a report on it.
Remember the events must be in
sequence and you must include
character’s names and places
where it happened.
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