Week 2 - book group activities and discussion points for Sarah Crossan's 'The Weight of Water'.

1. Why is the book
cover important?
What do you features do you find
on a book cover?
What have been some of your
favourite book covers? Why
What book covers have you
disliked? Why?
Design a book jacket to illustrate
your own life story.
Use appropriate symbols and
colours.

2. Mind Mapping
• Reread:
– ‘Pale’ p. 17
– ‘What I Try Not to Hear’ p. 15
– ‘Disco’ p. 35
– ‘Mistkaken’ p. 47
• Kasienka is at school with other
children, but she is unable to connect with
others. Why?

3. Why is Kasienka
unable to connect
with other
children at her
school?

4. Next Week
• We will be looking at Polish and Eastern
European culture.
– Bring in examples of poetry from Eastern
Europe.
– Food tasting
– Artifacts