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​​LION: A LONG WAY HOME

There are over 11 million children living on the streets of India, with more than 80,000 going missing each year.

Saroo Brierley

“How do our memories influence our connections to other people, cultures and society?”

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Week 1 - Download The Get to Know Your Text

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Watch the 60 minutes interview and discuss with the class. Then write down your thoughts about Saroo's journey in your English Journal.

Week 2 & 3 - Download The Chapter Review Questions

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Watch the interview with Saroo from the Today Show below. Write your thoughts about the interview in your English journal.

May 8 - 12 - Week 4 - This week we need to finish the novel and continue writing responses to the chapter review questions

The aim is to finish the novel and the review questions by Friday 12th.
​Work through the chapter review questions. There is a print out of the questions in the box of ‘Lion’ books which are on my desk if anyone has trouble accessing the document online. Responses are to be recorded in either your workbooks or in a word doc. Questions written out in full or embedded in the answer and clearly labelled. 
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Watch the Dev Patel interview and write down your thoughts in your English journal. 

Teaching Resources

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Lion: A Long Way Home

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Every 5 minutes a child arrives alone on a platform in India.
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  • Literacy Blocks
    • Writing
  • YEAR 7 ENGLISH
    • My Life as an Alphabet
    • 'Boy' Roald Dahl
  • Law and Order
  • Year 10 ENGLISH
    • Protest: The world as it is, the world as it could be
    • Language Analysis
    • ORAL PRESENTATION UNIT
    • NOVEL STUDY LION
    • OF MICE AND MEN & WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE
    • PREJUDICE UNIT
    • Essay Writing
  • YEAR 9 ENGLISH
    • YEAR 9 NARRATIVE LESSON SEQUENCES
    • Year 9 Persuasive Unit
    • SIMPLE GIFT
    • Hunger Games
    • Let us Write
    • Holocaust
  • Contact
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