🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To understand and analyse 'Four Of A Kind' by Steph Matuku

Success Criteria: I can identify key details, analyse character motivations, and evaluate the story's themes.

📖 Part 1: Understanding the Story (Literal Questions)

1. What are the names of the four main characters in the story?

2. What activity brings the four characters together?

Playing rugby

Reading books

Doing homework

Playing music

3. Where does most of the story take place?

🧠 Part 2: Thinking Deeper (Analytical Questions)

4. Why do you think the characters initially feel different from each other? Give two reasons.

5. How do the characters' attitudes change throughout the story?

They become more competitive

They learn to appreciate their differences

They decide to work separately

They become less confident

6. What does the title 'Four Of A Kind' suggest about the main message of the story?

⭐ Part 3: Your Opinion (Evaluative Questions)

7. Do you think the author effectively shows how friendships can develop? Explain your answer.

8. Which character do you think shows the most growth in the story? Why?

9. Rate how well this story deals with the theme of belonging and friendship:

Excellent - very realistic and relatable

Good - mostly believable

Fair - some parts were unrealistic

Poor - didn't connect with the theme well

Explain your rating: ________________________________

💭 Part 4: Personal Connection

10. Describe a time when you felt different from others but then found common ground or friendship. How did it make you feel?

11. What advice would you give to someone who feels like they don't fit in with a group?

Extension Activity: Create a short poem or draw a picture that represents the main theme of 'Four Of A Kind'.

Four Of a Kind

Four Of A Kind

🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To understand and analyse 'Four Of A Kind' by Steph Matuku

📖 Part 1: Understanding the Story (Literal Questions)

🧠 Part 2: Thinking Deeper (Analytical Questions)

⭐ Part 3: Your Opinion (Evaluative Questions)

💭 Part 4: Personal Connection

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