the words we know and use to communicate to others

the deliberate use of words or phrases that are repeated for emphasis or other effect

the words a character speaks to communicate

to pull out the key information and ideas from the text

Exploring vocabulary in 'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse'

English

In this unit, pupils have explored how the author shows character perspective and feeling through description and speech. In 'The Planet in a Pickle Jar', pupils will explore a text where it is written from a character's perspective, which can change the storyline.

In 'Yoshi the Stonecutter', pupils were carefully supported to read a decodable book. In this unit, pupils will build on this by broadening their reading experiences to a richer, higher quality text and read parts of the book as supported by the teacher for a wider reading experience.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the narrative text, 'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse'. They explore the characters, setting and plot and summarise and retell the story. Finally, they identify and discuss the key themes in the text.

'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse': book club

Which of the following are key linguistic features in 'The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse'?

Which of the following words are used as alternative verbs to describe the action of having "eaten"?

True or false? All of the characters' speech should be read in the same way.

a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury

Match the vocabulary from the story to the correct definition.

Who is the author of 'The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse'?

Who is the illustrator of 'The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse'?

Which character is portrayed as least kind?

when a word or phrase that has already been written is repeated

pulling out the key information and ideas from the text

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

Equipment

Worksheet