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LOOKING FOR ALASKA
By John Green
CHARACTERS To explore these ideas, look at the worksheets below dealing with characters and themes in the novel. Work together in pairs to complete the charts. Then share your answers with another pair. Produce a character poster of a character of your choice
THEMES The main ideas of the book are presented through themes. Use the worksheet to identify what these are and what they tell us about our lives.
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Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words of the famous – and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to look for what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Clever, funny, screwed-up, and beautiful, Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and help him find the "Great Perhaps"...
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CLOSE READING
By picking a part of the book and looking closely at the language that is used, we can discover a lot about how a sentence is constructed, the different effects it can have.
By picking a part of the book and looking closely at the language that is used, we can discover a lot about how a sentence is constructed, the different effects it can have.
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PRODUCE:
Choose one of the following ideas and produce a 1 or 2 minute video or record a podcast about it.
These can be uploaded to this page through the link below:
Choose one of the following ideas and produce a 1 or 2 minute video or record a podcast about it.
- Plot
- Favourite character
- Favourite scene
- Favourite image
- Best lines
These can be uploaded to this page through the link below: