Billionaire Boy - Lesson 9 - Dear Diary

3rd Grade / 4th Grade English Teaching Resources - Billionaire Boy by David Walliams is a complete 13 lesson teaching unit with a 120 slide editable PowerPoint presentation, a 29 page booklet of worksheets and a lesson by lesson overview. The resource contains a range of lessons, tasks and activities designed to develop knowledge and understanding of the historical context, plot, characters, language and themes of David Walliams's novel. Resources include: - A unit overview with 13 four-part lessons covering plot, character, themes and language - Analysis of the characters of Joe, Mr Spud, Bob and Lauren - A variety of starter and plenary activities - Discussion of key themes: bullying, family, friendship, money, etc - Developing inference and deduction skills - Empathetic writing - Joe and Bob's diary - Speaking and Listening task - Hot seating to develop character knowledge and understanding - Studying David Walliams's use of language, symbolism and structure in Billionaire Boy - Writing a book review for Billionaire Boy - Studying and producing a newspaper story