A wonderful story about one boy and his odd tastes, which ultimately gets him into trouble. A darkly comic tale about the danger of 'junk' food.

Teaching Ideas

• Retell the story as a third person narrative.
• Create revolting recipes, link to George's Marvellous Medicine and use the language of instruction.
• Perform the text. Use the narration as a model for use of pace, volume and dramatic pauses.
• Create an obituary piece for Jasper O'Leary
• Create additional narratives, 'The Ghost of Jasper O'Leary.'
• Use rhyming couplets and other poetic devices to create own poems in the style of 'Junk.'