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the moonstone
The Moonstone : the large, yellow, Moonstone diamond, sacred to Hindus as the centerpiece in their idol of the god of the Moon. It has been commanded that three Brahmin priests must always guard the stone. John Herncastle, while fighting for the British Army in India in 1799, killed the three Brahmins who were then guarding the diamond and took it back to England with him...and that is when things start to go wrong...
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.
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:
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
- draw the outline of the figure on a large piece of flipchart paper
- inside the figure put quotes from that character
- outside put quotes about that character from other characters in the book
- write 150 words about what the character is like based on the evidence of the quotations.
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.
PRODUCE:
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: