1. Ghost in the Bedroom
Warm-Up
Shoeshine trailer directed by Vittorio De Sica – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/VqTCMeBUphoThis is a trailer from the Italian new wave cinema – Sciuscià or Shoeshine
Imagine:
This could have been him, our shoeshine boy.
Imagine:
This could have been him, our shoeshine boy.
Shoeshine Boy – Eddie Kendricks (1974) – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/fS7QuXLvCHoShoeshine boy / How you do your work so well / Shoeshine boy / Tryin’ to make a livin’, you go somewhere / Shoeshine boy / Where are you gonna be ten years from now… Lyrics here
To think about: What do you think the message of the song is?
To think about: What do you think the message of the song is?
The Ballet Of Change – Piccadilly Circus – Music by Damian Coldwell – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/KLoJCt0D8tYGetting into the setting, where the shoeshine boy comes from. This is where he was killed, run over by a horse carriage.
Did you see any carriages in the video?
What famous landmark is still at Piccadilly Circus today?
Did you see any carriages in the video?
What famous landmark is still at Piccadilly Circus today?
Story Files
How well have you understood the story?
- Who is William hiding from?
- When did he live?
- Why can Roddy see him, but others cannot?
- Why is Roddy’s sister angry at him in the morning?
- What’s odd about dad’s shoes?
- What did William do for a living?
- Where did he work?
- How did William die?
- Where is Mrs Humphries?
- Who is Mrs Croker?
- What do they call the school caretaker?
- What is Wally’s relationship with Mr Harding?
- What is Roddy’s mum writing about for the newspaper?
- What’s wrong with Tessa’s trainers?
- Why does Roddy’s dad give him a fiver?
- How can the Ghost Hunter find William?
- What does William give Roddy to help him become invisible?
- Why doesn’t Roddy have his homework to give the teacher?
- What does Roddy’s class need to make plans for?
- What does Mrs Justin ask Tessa and why?
- Why can’t mum see Tessa when she calls for her?
- Why is Tessa first happy when she learns about William?
- Why do the children get down on the floor at the end of the episode?
Word Files
Words you may need to talk about in the story:
Ghost, hunter, immobilizing vapour, brush, invisible, spooky, paranormal, fete, trigger
Discuss where you heard these words and what they mean.
Form Files
- William never went to school, so he cannot write properly. In the book, Ivan Jones says that William wrote this on Roddy’s white wardrobe door:
MY Nem is WilliAm PoVey aN I wonts To Be FRenDs
How would you spell this correctly?
- On Mrs Justin’s Math class blackboard, William wrote:
If a Geezer* paYs Yer Three puns THRee to cleen is BooTs
OW MucH CHanGe wuD yer Giv im ouT ov a TaNNer
Spell this correctly and answer his question, please.
*‘Geezer’ is an old slang word for an old man.
Life Files
- Do you believe in ghosts?
- How would you react if you saw a ghost?
- How would you react if someone told you they had seen a ghost?
Writing
Write about what you thought about the story and how do you think it will continue