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Secret posts

Secret posts

Aug 25, 2026

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⋮⋮ Program

  • 12.05 Minutecryptic
  • 12.15 Play twines
  • 12.30 Walter
    • Playthrough
  • 12.50 Break
  • 13.05 Discussion
  • 13.15 PostSecrect
  • 13.30 Writing
  • 13.50 Break
  • 14.05 Grammar: Verballed
  • 15.00 Paragraph of the week

Minute Cryptic

  clue: Child flies military aircraft, gaining ground on the slower pilots
  answer: maggots
  enumeration: 7
  definition: Child flies
  indicator: pilots
  fodder: military aircraft, gaining ground on the slower
  explanation: PILOTS indicates the first letters of the fodder -> MAGGOTS, which are CHILD FLIES
  clue: Stylish family saying "au revoir" to French friend
  answer: fly
  enumeration: 3
  definition: Stylish
  indicator: saying "au revoir" to | French
  fodder: family | friend
  explanation: FRENCH indicates FRIEND -> AMI. SAYING "AU RVOIR" indicates the FAMILY says goodbye to AMI -> FLY

Play twines

  • Play the twines on edaptio.
  • Write a note explaining what a redemption story and a contamination story is, using the story of Calvin as an example.

Playthrough

Discussion

  • Why has Walter isolated himself? How has this afected his relationship with the world?
  • What is Walter afraid of? How has fear shaped his life?
  • Looking at his postcards, is he the person he wants to be? What’s holding him back?
  • What feelings do you think Walter was having just before he died? What is ironic about his death?

PostSecret

  • Look at the PostSecret website. Discuss why this site exists and why people would send their secrets.
  • What does this reveal about our private identities?
  • What’s the difference between this and social media?

Writing

  • Write a PostSecret for any two of the following: Molly, Barbara, Calvin, or Walter. Then, find an image that would be on the postcard and explain how it relates to the character/secret.
  • Design a support system for this character. Would they call a hotline? Imagine a better route, the safety net and skill this character could have had.
  • Why does PostSecret exist? Why do we need it at all? Would sending this postcard have helped? Can it backfire? Write a response.

Grammar: Verballed

  1. Do-omskrivning
  2. Sammensatte verber

Paragraph of the week

Characterisation

  • Walter’s fear controls his life so completely that he chooses isolation instead of freedom.

Theme

  • Walter’s vignette shows that trying to escape trauma can trap a person even more deeply.

Setting

  • The dark, repetitive bunker setting ties together the concepts of fear and loneliness.

Materials

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