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Pupils choose a moment from their own life that felt significant and write it as a flashback — told from a future perspective, looking back. Encourage them to use Han's technique of interrupting the present-day narrative with a memory.
Pupils create a character comparison chart: Conrad vs Jeremiah. How are they different? What does each offer Belly? Which do you think she should choose? Use evidence from the text.
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