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The Maze Runner

Grade 8 FLE Class Reader


Chapter 8&9: The Dangerous
Plan and the Girl
Lesson objectives:-
★ To examine Tom’s plan
★ To use PERSUADE effectively
★ To focus on contrasts
★ To examine the treatment of a character

Alarm:an anxious awareness of danger.


Annoying:causing irritation or annoyance.
Constructive:serving a useful purpose; tending to build up.
Medical:relating to the science of medicine, or to the treatment
of illness and injuries.
Supernatural:an event or being attributed to some force beyond
scientific understanding or the laws of nature.
Pulse:a single vibration or short burst of sound, electric current,
light, or other wave.
Starter
Look at the following
image. Give 3
opinions, stating
what is happening.

Challenge: What 3
questions would you
ask about the image
to find out what it
means?

1936 German Naval yard in Hamburg


Silent protest - why isn’t
this man saluting Hitler?

What would be the


penalty for this action?

Do we know who he is?

Challenge: is he brave
or foolish?
The man who didn’t salute Hitler
August Landmesser was once a proud member of the Nazi party who thought
they were the answer to his economic troubles. He even had a membership
card.

All changed when he met Irma Eckler, a Jewish girl. They fell in love with each
other and got engaged in 1935.

As soon as it was discovered, he was kicked out of the party. He was arrested in
1936 when he was pictured not saluting, and was put on trial for ‘dishonouring
the race’.
The Dangerous Plan - Chapter 8
Scan carefully over chapter
eight. In your pairs answer
the following questions in
your book:
1. Why is Chuck annoying?
2. What happened to the
kid?
3. What is Tom’s idea?
4. Who must Tom gain as
a friend?
Sentence starters:-
Persuasive Speech First of all, I am speaking
to you because I am
desperate to lead you to
freedom.
Tom is desperate to lead the group.
Secondly, I am sick and
tired of living in fear.
Imagine he has written a speech to the group
Thirdly, we can work
persuading them to elect him as the leader. together to face the
grievers and escape this
place.
Each time you use a device from PERSUADE,
underline it. Finally, I am always on
your side, always ready to
listen and always feel no
fear of what the maze
holds.

Dear Gladers,
I wish to become the leader
Alliteration
of this group. I have bold, brilliant ideas that exaggerates
will help us to escape. what changes he will
make
Peer assessment
What went well:
WWW The things you did well were… You should be very proud of…
I feel you did well with… The best part of your work is…

Even better if:


Success criteria: EB To improve your work you need to… In future you might…
- Effective register for audience and I To make this even better you could… You could go further by…

purpose
Next steps:
- Convincing and appropriate Your next step should be… The only thing I would advise is…
language used I would focus on… Why not try…

- PERSUADE techniques
- Ideas are expressed effectively Swap books. Using the checklist,
and in detail write down one thing your
- Structure and sequencing is sound partner has done well, and one
throughout
- Spelling, punctuation and thing they need to improve
grammar is almost always
accurate Challenge – Using the different
- Clear opening and conclusion
- A range of exciting and
pen, re-write one element of
appropriate vocabulary your speech; making sure you
have referred to your EBI.
Discuss

What does contrast mean?

How did the boys react to the girl in the box?

How will the girl’s arrival change the dynamic of the


group?
A Startling Discovery - Chapter 9
Scan carefully over chapter
nine and answer the
following questions in your
book:
1. Why are the boys silent?
2. What is Alby’s reaction
to the girl’s arrival?
3. What is the condition of
the girl?
4. What is a gathering?
Contrast
The girl’s arrival The state of being strikingly
different from something else in
juxtaposition or close association.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcfZ
2B1UzkY Juxtaposition
Placing two opposite ideas close
How do the boys react when she arrives? together to show contrast.

Challenge:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPoZ What contrast do we see
h1GYkdk between the boys’ reactions?

How does the girl react to the


What happens when she’s in the Glade? boys? How does her reaction
contrast to other members of
How does she react to the other boys?
the group?
How do they react to her?
Why does she react differently to
How do the
boys react
when she
arrives?
What happens
when she’s in the
Glade?

How does she


react to the other
boys? How do
they react to
her?

Why does she


react differently
to Thomas?
First person
First person perspective A narrative written from a character’s
point of view, using the pronoun ‘I’.

Imagine you are the girl. You should include:

• Write in first person (‘I’)


In 100 words, in the form of a • Write in the past tense
diary entry, describe your • Include information about the
opinion of the Glade and the character’s feelings
boys. • Include details from the book
• Use language suitable to their
character
Metaphor
Extra: Descriptive Writing A comparison whereby one thing is
described as if it is something else.
● You have 15 minutes to use your imagination Personification
to describe a section of the maze using: Giving human qualities to animals,
objects or ideas.
Simile
● The present tense
A comparison of one thing with
● The third person another using ‘like’ or ‘as’; used to
● Figurative language (similes, metaphors, highlight a particular quality.
personification)
● Paragraphs

Challenge – Underline each device you have


used, draw an arrow from it and describe the
impact of this device on the reader.
Peer assessment
What went well:
WWW The things you did well were… You should be very proud of…
I feel you did well with… The best part of your work is…

Even better if:


Success criteria: EB To improve your work you need to…
To make this even better you could…
In future you might…
You could go further by…
I
- Present tense
- Third person Next steps:
Your next step should be… The only thing I would advise is…
I would focus on… Why not try…
- Metaphors
- Similes Swap books. Using the checklist,
- Personification write down one thing your
- TipTop paragraphs partner has done well, and one
- Exciting vocabulary thing they need to improve
- Range of punctuation
Challenge – Using the different
- Varied sentence types
pen, re-write one element of
your speech; making sure you
have referred to your EBI.
Plenary

Next time we are going to be focusing on


tension and the impact of the writer’s words. Tension
Mental or
emotional strain
What is tension? causing suspense
or anxiety in a text.
What examples of tension have we seen so
far in the novel?

What impact can writer’s language have on


the reader?

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