Letters from the Lighthouse - Session 2 - Worksheet

The KS2Gems worksheet for Session 2 titled 'Make do and Mend & Mothers: Send Them Out of London' delves into the theme of wartime evacuation during World War 2. The session begins with a series of discussion questions that encourage students to explore the protagonist Olive's feelings and the circumstances leading to her evacuation with her brother Cliff. Students are prompted to consider Olive's confusion upon waking up, the significance of her holding her mother's coat after an air raid, and the reasons behind their mother's decision to evacuate them.

In addition to the discussions, the worksheet offers a variety of reading activities, including the continuation of a timeline to track events, a character analysis of Olive, predictions about missing characters and the outcomes of evacuation, as well as reading comprehension exercises. The grammar and punctuation section focuses on the use of semi-colons, colons, apostrophes, direct speech, hyphens, dashes, and achieving cohesion across a chapter. A 'Words to Workshop' list provides vocabulary enrichment, presenting words such as 'unfamiliar', 'desperate', and 'chaos' for students to explore. Writing opportunities are also presented, with tasks like composing a diary entry from the perspective of Olive's mum, creating instructions for evacuees, drafting a newspaper report about evacuation, and more. The session is enriched with cross-curricular links, incorporating subjects like science, computing, history, geography, art, design and technology, music, religious education, personal, social, health and economic education, and physical education, offering a holistic approach to learning about and understanding the era of World War 2 and its impact on society.