Read & Respond: The Silver Sword provides teachers with a wealth of resources to teach The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier. Notes and activities reflect the way that teachers teach now and include shared texts, guided reading notes, reading activities, speaking and listening activities, writing projects and assessment guidance. The Silver Sword is a thought-provoking tale about a group of children's struggle to evade the Nazis and find their parents in the Second World War.
This book is part of a book series called Read And Respond .
This book is aimed at children in primary school.
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Scholastic .
This book contains the following story:
The Silver Sword
Having lost their parents in the chaos of war, Ruth, Edek and Bronia are left alone to fend for themselves and hide from the Nazis amid the rubble and ruins of their city. They meet a ragged orphan boy, Jan, who treasures a paperknife - a silver sword - which was entrusted to him by an escaped prisoner of war. The three children realise that the escapee was their father, the silver sword a message that he is alive and searching for them. Together with Jan they begin a dangerous journey across the battlefields of Europe to find their parents.
