Hating Alison Ashley by Robin Klein

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List all the main characters
in the story. Describe each
member of Alisons family
Record the important events in the story
in chronological order.
Pretend you are Erica. List
qualities you like about
yourself.
Who helped solve Erica's
problems before the Drama
night performance?
Describe Alison's first day at Barringa
East Primary.
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Describe your feelings for
three characters in the story.
What differences exist between Alison's
and Erica's home lives?
Write a description, in your
own words, of Alison's
appearance on the first day
at Barringa East.
Discuss Erica's feelings for
Alison. What changes occur
during the novel?
Look for three events in the story which
could be told successfully through mime.

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Write acrostics about two of
the following: Erica,
Alison, Jedda, Barry,
Valjoy, Lennie, Harley.
Write a newspaper article explaining the
changes to the school zoning system
which caused Alison's enrolment at
Barringa East.
Write a letter from Alison to
one of her friends from her
old school.
Construct a Find-a-word
using Erica's long list of
medical conditions (page 5).
Write the dialogue of a doctor's
explanation to a patient of each medical
condition. Describe the symptoms,
location in the body (if applicable),
treatment, and curability.
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If Alison had blabbed out
the real reason behind
Erica's refusal to replace
Oscar, what might the
ending have been?
Alison has lent a pen to Erica which Erica
has not returned. The pen is of
sentimental value to Alison and she
desperately wants it back. Why has Erica
not returned it? What might they say to
each other about this?
Write a biography of
Alison's life up to the time
she enrolled at Barringa
East.

Design a questionnaire to
gather information from the
other characters about their
feelings for Erica.
Make up a dialogue between Barry and
Erica discussing Alison. Do this on your
own or with a partner. If you work with a
partner, write the words for one character
each.
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If you were to have a family
like Erica's or Alison's,
which would you choose?
Why?
Write an argument in favour of Alison
being allowed to ignore the zoning
changes and so not having to attend
Barringa East.
Alison and Erica are both
running for class captain.
Who would you vote for?
Why?
How would you handle
having to go to a school
where you were one of a
kind?
Alison has lent a pen to Erica which Erica
has not returned. The pen is of sentimental
value to Alison and she desperately wants
it back. Why has Erica not returned it?
What might they say to each other about
this?
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Using a collage, design a
set design for the Richard
Tulloch play or at least two
scenes from it.
Create a label for the clothes that Valjoy
prefers.
Create an advertising
campaign in the form of a
Flyer, for Kyle Grammar
School.
Make a list of personal
goals for Erica and Alison at
the camp and evaluate their
success.
Write a poem that expresses the views of
a character in the book.
Adapted from a range of resources based on Still Thinking to Learn Hawker Brownlow Education 2006