His friendship with an eccentric inventor leads him into an unexpected adventure.

Like all BritLit kits, the materials offered here are not intended to be followed slavishly and teachers are expected to pick and choose the work they want their students to tackle either before reading the story, or after. However, we strongly advise teachers to tackle the pre-reading activities first and not to plunge headfirst into the story.

In this presentation, the story can be read as a complete text, or it can be tackled piecemeal through the process known as textual intervention, ands this method is offered in the section called 'Reading'. There is a departure from some earlier BritLit kits in that section headings are different and look more at the process of tackling reading than content.

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• Introduction for teachers

• Pre-reading activities

• Reading activities

• Word work

• After reading activities

• Keep reading

• Answer key for teachers

• Complete text of the story

By Paul Jennings