We are lucky enough to have published author, Sarah Froggatt, as a parent of one of our learners. She came and shared her knowledge during Book Week and, this week, I invited her back to teach learners about characterisation. Sarah sharing her expertise about characterisation with Year 9 Sarah covered the basics and the essentials using lots of great examples from print and film, such as Roald Dahl's, The Hitchhiker , everyone's favourite detective, Conan-Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, and even Pixar's The Incredibles. Once learners had learned about and discussed characterisation, I introduced the receipts! Having collected receipts from staff over the past month, I have a exciting selection of varied and wonderful clues about potential characters. The idea came while reading our current novel-study Stargirl , whose protagonist has a penchant for following people in malls and coming up with stories about them. She uses these 'stories' to decide on how to be ...