CH 12 AAiW

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Chapter 12- the final chapter!

Getting Started
• On the post it note in front of you:

• 1. Write your name clearly

• 2. Using your powers of vocabulary, write down 3 adjectives that could be


used to describe the character of Alice.

• Challenge- take a risk with at least one of these words by picking a


descriptive word that you might not normally use but that feels appropriate
(don’t worry if you get this wrong or you are unsure – just give it a go!)
Objectives
• Explore meaning in chapter 12
of Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland
• Identify Homophones in the
text
• Analyse Carroll’s choice of
language
Chapter 12 characters (speaking parts)
• Alice
• The King
• The White Rabbit
• The Queen
• The Knave
• The sister
Before we start…
• Today we are searching for
homophones

• Homophones are…
Before we start…
• Homophones are… two or
more words having the same 
pronunciation but different
meanings, origins, or spelling.
In pairs/small groups
Look back at the short poem within chapter 12

What can you tell me about its form?


Pun
• Puns are word play- they are
used for comedy.

• They take advantage of words


that have similar sounds.

• Puns often include homophones


to make them funny
Both of these are puns- but
only one includes a
homophone. Which one?
Class quiz
• How many of you had razor focus whilst we were reading?

Let’s find out in a


10 question quiz!
One reader said…
‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a silly book- it is just full of
ridiculous ideas and it appears to have no real plot’
Task
Consider this view. Do you agree?

Identify at least 2 different reasons for your opinion and note these
down in your book.
Challenge- can you find a part in the book which supports your
opinion?
Alice’s
Problems- what
are they?
To what extent are Alice’s problems solved in
chapter 12?
Sentence starters….

One problem that Alice experiences in the text is …… By the end of the
novel this is solved/not solved by… I think that Lewis Carroll meant for
the reader to feel…
Objectives
• Explore meaning in chapter 12
of Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland
• Identify Homophones in the
text
• Analyse Carroll’s choice of
language
Exit Ticket
• In your books write a sentence
which includes a homophone.
Underline the homophone.

Put your thumb up in the air (silently)


when you have done this

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