Converting the Classics: Adaptation and 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'

Engaging exhausted students at the end of the year is never easy, but Tracy Morris found that posing the question of 'Who did it better?' in reference to beloved books and their filmic adaptations sparked passionate debate in her Year 8 class. Here, she shares the successful mini unit she created with her students on CS Lewis' iconic British novel.

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Screens in the Classroom, middle years, literature, cinema, history, characterisation, CGI, Chronicles of Narnia