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Treasure 

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Esther, a homeless woman, is searching through a junkyard. She passes by objects of possible use and worth in favour of things broken or old, until she finds just the right treasure. 

Teaching Ideas

Describe the old lady's day as a 1st person diary entry.

Use descriptive language to show how special the objects are to Esther; introduce hyperbole, an old, leaky umbrella could let the sunshine through on hot days.  How can something rusty be described to sound beautiful?  Perhaps have some objects in class for the children to describe in this way.

Link this to recycling and junk modelling.

Check out the Recycled Art Foundation here on Facebook

Key Questions
  • Who is the old lady in the Junk Yard?
  • Where has she come from?
  • Why is she collecting things?
  • How does she decide what to keep?
  • How is she feeling throughout the film? Beginning/end?
  • Why does shed create a face out of the junk?
  • Is this lady greedy?
  • Is she happy? How can we tell?
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