Malorie Blackman: Knife Edge - chapter 2

This presentation was designed with the following intentions:

- to serve as a rough lesson plan
- to provide a visual tool for students that aids comprehension
- a resource to stimulate class discussion about the book in general and issues such as equality, diversity, tolerance and racism

I used it with a Year 10 SEN (Dyslexic) class once a week as part of their Authors' Craft lesson. As these lessons were not meant to be onerous (quite the opposite, they were supposed to encourage reading for pleasure), my group did not do many written comprehension tasks but I believe that the PP is versatile enough so that it can be easily adopted to suit more conventional English lessons as well. To further encourage the love of books in any form, I often allowed students to listen to some sections of the text on Audible. It proved very popular as it took away the anxiety that Dyslexics often associate with lengthy books and having to read out loud.