Cirque Du Freak - Lesson 4 - Freak shows - For or Against

Year 6 English Teaching Resources: Cirque Du Freak (Unit of work, 91-slide PowerPoint and 10 worksheets) This engaging teaching resource explores the novel Cirque Du Freak in detail and covers the following areas of study: - Developing inference and deduction and active reading skills and strategies - The novel's context and background - Victorian freak shows (research task) - Character study and creating character profiles - How to use embedded quotes in an answer - Writing a P.E.A.R.L. response - Summarising and reporting - Individual, pair and group activities - Identifying, understanding and using adverbs effectively - The author's use of language in Cirque Du Freak - Using speech marks in writing - Structuring and writing an assessed extra chapter for Cirque Du Freak