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Year 6

'When Stars are Scattered': book club

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In this unit, pupils explore and discuss the graphic novel memoir, 'When Stars are Scattered'. They discuss Omar Mohamed's experience of living in a refugee camp in Kenya and identify the key themes in the text. Finally, pupils make personal connections and recommendations.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge and understanding of graphic novels, which was explored in 'El Deafo: book club'. In this unit, pupils respond to a memoir in graphic novel form with increasingly mature themes, exploring the refugee experience. Pupils engage with the themes of perserverance and hope and share their own unique, take-away ideas from the text. This unit prepares pupils for the future unit, 'No Country and Frizzy: graphic novels exploring identity and belonging', where they will explore a fictional narrative with some similar themes.

  1. Developing understanding of 'When Stars are Scattered' through rich discussions
  2. Developing responses to 'When Stars are Scattered' through rich discussions

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