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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Roddy Doyle
(Heinemann New Windmill Series, 1997)
Paddy Clarke - Notes
Teacher's notes on theme, setting, tone and point of view
Questions guiding students to analyse viewpoint, themes etc.
A list of "text productions" (writing in different genres) for the International Baccalaureate English A2 examination
English A2 practice: passages from the novel for analysis of style, diction etc.
Vernon Scannell's "Incendiary" and a Paddy Clarke extract
Sample pages from a pack of activities analysing "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha", Meera Syal's "Anita and Me" and Andrea Ashworth's "Once in a House on Fire". Excellent ideas. (The full pack includes video recordings of the authors.)
Includes some commentary on the writing of "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha"
Review by Cynthia Flood, Literascape.com
Frankie Meehan