On The Same Page

Ages: 7-11

A journalist with nothing to write about is whisked away on an adventure by a character from the comic section…

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

Write the story from the point of view of one of the characters.
Create character profiles for the two characters. What is the same, and what is different?
Write dialogue for a section of the film, for example, from 0:54 to 1:02.
Write the next part of the story; what happens after the male character goes down the zip wire?
Collect adjectives and adverbs that could be used to describe the story.
Draw a scene from the video and write a caption for it.
Create a social media post from the point of view of one of the characters.
Create a comic strip of the video with one of our templates.
Write a newspaper column for one of the sections, such as sports or weather. This page from BBC Bitesize is a good inspiration for this activity. Download our Newspaper Report Pack for lots of resources.
Create a diagram showing how the male character’s emotions change through the video.
Look at your local newspaper. What sections does it have? How often is it published?

Use animation software to create a short animation inspired by the video.
Use a digital art package to make an image in the same style as the video.
Use Scratch to program a game based on this video, where the characters move through different backgrounds.

Research typewriters and how they work. This site is a good starting point.
Develop a product like a toy or a board game inspired by the video.
Make a list of different sources for news. What technologies are involved? For example, printing, radio, tv.

Look closely at how colour is used in the video. How does it change from the beginning to the end? What effect does it have on the viewer? Why do you think the animators chose to use that technique?
Sketch another character or setting that could be used in the video.

Create a playlist of songs about friendship, such as Lean on Me, and You’ve got a friend in me,
Write a new soundtrack for the video.
Discuss how the soundtrack enhances the storytelling; for example, in the section between 1:38 and 1:59. How would it be different if there was no music or if the music was a different style?

Learn the word for “newspaper” in the language you are studying, as well as other linked vocabulary.
Find out sayings about friendship in the language you are studying, such as Los amigos de mis amigos son mis amigos (Spanish – My friends’ friends are my friends) or Guter Freund kommt ungeladen (German) – A good friend comes uninvited.

Discuss how the friendship in the video begins and grows. How did you meet your friends? What do you like doing together?
Think about how the characters in the video take risks. When is it OK to take risks? When is it not OK? How do you know?