Extension work will need to be provided for the more advanced and eager students. For the majority of the story the three main young characters, Lilli, Kit and Dorothy Malone, are at an age which would be similar to Year 10 students. They are at similar stages in their education and facing similar situations, issues and decisions in their life. These parallels make Year 10 a class which should be able to relate well to what the text presents. Some of the themes and issues are such that students of this age should be able to grapple with intelligently and comment upon.
Activities fall into the categories of the five key areas.
The issue of poverty raised in the text creates the opportunity to investigate and explore this topic forming possible links with studies in either history or social science topic areas. Role plays will be incorporating drama skills and knowledge from previous computer studies will be employed. It will be necessary to remain flexible from the original framework of this unit because of the mixed ability nature of this class. Activities are designed to suit a variety of needs as well as learning styles and preferences. This grade is used to working in situations involving mixed ability group work, but it is evident that some of the students displaying a higher ability in English do prefer to work independently and find their results much more satisfying.