Oxford Playscripts: The Snake-Stone

by Berlie Doherty (Author), Berlie Doherty (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.29

  An engaging classroom playscript. Fifteen-year-old James is mad about diving and trains hard. He has a natural talent and his dad encourages him to aim high. But James has always known he is adopted, and now he decides to find his birth mother and his true identity. He sets out alone, on the journey of a lifetime... New, innovative activities specifically tailored to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to fulfil the Framework objectives. Activities include work on Speaking and Listening, close text analysis, and the structure of playscripts, and act as a springboard for personal writing

• Used

  Paperback
  2011

  $3.29

  Although he is close to his adoptive parents, James has always wondered about his natural mother and why she gave him away. The only clues to her identity are a small stone and a note scribbled on the back of an envelope. With these, James sets off to find his past.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.29

  What's the hook? Two different perspectives provide interesting contrast in the exploration of issues of adoption and identity. What are the themes? Families, generations and identity. Teaching points? Provides numerous opportunities for speaking and listening activities and creative writing.

• New

  Paperback
  2011

  $10.11

  Although he is close to his adoptive parents, James has always wondered about his natural mother and why she gave him away. The only clues to her identity are a small stone and a note scribbled on the back of an envelope. With these, James sets off to find his past.