Each The Kite Rider Class Pack contains 15 copies of the Rollercoasters edition of The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean and 15 The Kite Rider Reading Guides to support the students in their study of the novel.The amazing story of Haoyou, strapped to a kite and sent to fly among the clouds and the spirits of the dead. This highly acclaimed novel is full of the sights, sounds and smells of Ancient China, with an epic, adventurous, incredibly moving
story.Themes: family, responsibility, coming of age, friendship, cultural differencesTeaching Focus:BLStrong Characterization lends itself to
drama activitiesBLRich language and vocabulary, ideal for sentence level workBLBias and opinion feature in alternating narrativesBLCross-curricular links to History and Religious StudiesRecommended for students in Years 7 and 8The Rollercoasters series is a set of imaginative and exciting books that your students will not want to put down. All books are supported by extensive teacher resources
online, in print and on CD-ROM, and contain themes that will appeal to girls, boys and mixed-ability classes. Each book is also accompanied by Reading Guides to provide essential background material for students on the novel of
the same title, and include a letter to the student from the author of the novel, thematic activities, wider reading references and short reviews.
- ISBN10 0198326459
- ISBN13 9780198326458
- Publish Date 1 June 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 May 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Language English