Stone Cold by Robert Swindells
Group Activity 1 - Personal and Social Impact of Homelessness
What are some of the different impacts on people that can happen when living on the streets?
Think of - physical - emotional - health - social impact on the community - community
responses - personal responses
Group Activity 2 - Responding to Ideas
Social isolation is one of the factors that impact on the homeless
Make bullet points on a shared document on Google Docs that show all the things that
increase a person's feeling of social isolation (being unaccepted and rejected by people in society) after reading Pg 93. Then include other examples that would contribute to this
feeling that have been described elsewhere.
Individual Activity - Responding to Ideas
Write an explanation of Link's thoughts about the social impact on him as a result of
becoming homeless as shown on Pg 93. Start your explanation with..."Social isolation is
one of the factors that impact on the homeless" Use your shared doc ideas to help you
explain this statement. Write about your reactions to his comments and explain how they
made an impact on your own understanding or feelings about the homeless.
Some starters for your personal thinking:
What are some of the different impacts on people that can happen when living on the streets?
Think of - physical - emotional - health - social impact on the community - community
responses - personal responses
Group Activity 2 - Responding to Ideas
Social isolation is one of the factors that impact on the homeless
Make bullet points on a shared document on Google Docs that show all the things that
increase a person's feeling of social isolation (being unaccepted and rejected by people in society) after reading Pg 93. Then include other examples that would contribute to this
feeling that have been described elsewhere.
Individual Activity - Responding to Ideas
Write an explanation of Link's thoughts about the social impact on him as a result of
becoming homeless as shown on Pg 93. Start your explanation with..."Social isolation is
one of the factors that impact on the homeless" Use your shared doc ideas to help you
explain this statement. Write about your reactions to his comments and explain how they
made an impact on your own understanding or feelings about the homeless.
Some starters for your personal thinking:
- When Link told us about .... it made me realise...
- Link's explanation of the effect of homelessness on having personal relationships I understood more about...
- I wonder if New Zealand homeless people have the same difficulties because...
- I hadn't realised that so much about starting relationships relied on simple things like... until Link said......
Describe an important theme in your story. Explain how this idea is shown and why it is relevant to us today
Make a table in your Google docs and name it Theme - Planning for Writing
It should look something like this
It should look something like this
Using it.....
How does your writing measure up? An exemplar of writing to make comparisons with.
Does this writing tick the boxes? Does it answer the question? Does it make sense? Could you suggest imprvements that would make it better?
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