Learning goals
During Inventing Elliot, you are going to develop your reading comrepehension by reading Graham Gardner's 2003 novel Inventing Elliot and improve your writing skills. You will also discuss the novel with your classmates, where you will summarise what you have read, answer questions, associate and predict what happens next.
The main skills that you will improve are reading, adaptation, writing and discussing. You will show your skills by taking two tests:
A digital reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar test
Writing an essay
Lessons
Essay: Peer Pressure & Making Choices
You are writing an article for the teen magazine The Crossroads and their latest issue that focuses on navigating the challenges of adolescence. Your target audience is European students aged 15-20 – teenagers who also have read Inventing Elliot and face similar choices you do.
Write a text about how we all face pressure to conform and follow expectations, sometimes from friends, family, or even social media. This pressure can be strong, and it can be difficult to know when to stand your ground and be true to yourself.
TITLE: Peer Pressure & Making Choices
Your essay needs to use Elliot's experience from Inventing Elliot as a starting point, but feel free to include your own experiences or observations as well. You must also include what you believe Elliot did after the ending of the novel -- how do you think it ends?
Your essay should follow the standard essay format and should be at least 250 words but not more than 600. Remember to explain, give examples, discuss, and compare different aspects of peer pressure and its impact. Proofread your work carefully before submitting.
Use some of or all of the points when planning and writing your text:
What are the different types of peer pressure teenagers might face?
What are some of the challenges teenagers encounter when dealing with peer pressure? What benefits are there?
How has peer pressure changed over time? And what will it be like for future generations?
What is your opinion personally concerning peer pressure?
Offer advice to teenagers who might be struggling with peer pressure. How can they build confidence and make decisions they feel good about?
Grammar: prefixes and suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes are word parts that are added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning or function in a sentence.
Learning helps you: understand and build new words and improve spelling.
Worksheet folder
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