This is a guide to Willy Russell's TV play "Our Day Out", designed for Key Stage 4 students at National Curriculum levels 2 to 4 with special educational needs. It provides activities for the class, groups and individuals, offering access to the events and themes of the text. Drawing on drama, debate and close reading, the book aims to help pupils engage with the characters and think about the serious issues which underpin the play. Opportunities for producing written course work in a variety of forms are also offered. The book is part of the "Hodder English GOLD" series which aims to provide a quality English programme and comprehensive coverage of English National Curriculum requirements. Used in conjuction with units from the course book, it prepares students for GCSE qualifications.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Hodder English Gold .

There are 32 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 1999 by Hodder Arnold .