Two Weeks with the Queen – Year 7 Novel Teaching Pack

Teach the powerful and heartfelt novel Two Weeks with the Queen by Morris Gleitzman with this engaging Year 7 teaching pack designed to support deep discussion, empathy, and critical thinking.
This unit invites students to follow Colin Mudford’s journey from Australia to England as he searches for a way to help his sick brother. Along the way, students explore themes of family, courage, illness, hope, and growing up. The novel’s humour and emotional depth make it an ideal text for encouraging thoughtful classroom conversations and meaningful literary analysis.

Through interactive lessons and engaging activities, students explore character development, narrative voice, setting, and key themes while building confidence in comprehension and analytical writing.

What’s Included:
A complete 10 week sequence of Year 7 lessons and learning activities
An engaging Case File Investigation Pack with structured lessons where students investigate characters, clues, and themes from the novel
Character and theme exploration activities
Guided discussion prompts to encourage rich classroom conversations
Creative response tasks to deepen student engagement
Scaffolded analytical paragraph writing support
Reflection and empathy-based activities connected to the novel’s themes

You can:
Convert to PowerPoint: Upload the PDF to PowerPoint (File → Open) and it will automatically convert to slides.
Use in Google Slides: Upload the PDF to Google Drive, right-click, and open with Google Slides.
Use digitally or print: Upload the PDF to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) or print it for handouts.
You could also use Canva to upload the PDF and convert and save as a PowerPoint.