We watched the film Goodnight Mr Tom. The Guided Reading group read some parts of the story.
First we thought about the important parts of the story. We listed a lot of episodes before selecting our final six parts.
There are the following episodes in the story:
Sadness - Mr Tom before Will arrives
Will arrives
Will is scared of the dog
Will goes to school - and is put with the youngest children
Tom complains
Will wets the bed
Tom sees the welts on Will's back
Will meets Zach
Tom plays the keyboard and leads the choir
Will draws pictures and Tom sees some talent
He draws the eagle lectern in the church
Birthday surprise party
Will learns to read and write with Tom's help
They make an air raid shelter
Will sees the trucks with wounded soldiers
Will and his friends go to Spooky Cott
Will goes back to his house in London
Will gets locked under the stairs in London
Tom finds the belt and throws it away
Tom goes to London
The air raid and Tom goes into the shelter
Tom finds Will (the dog senses that he is there)
Will's baby sister dies
Zach goes to London
Tom kidnaps Will
We hear that Zach has died in London
Will's Mum dies
Will's nightmares about the man in London
Tom adopts Will as his son
Mrs H finds out her husband is alive
Mrs H has a baby
Will learns to ride a bike