Exploring vocabulary in 'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse'
I can summarise the story and understand the vocabulary used within it.
Exploring vocabulary in 'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse'
I can summarise the story and understand the vocabulary used within it.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The author’s choice of vocabulary is precise and ambitious and is used to convey meaning to the reader.
- Repetition of keywords can enhance and support storytelling.
- Multiple words can be used to describe the same thing, e.g. “gobbled”, “munched” and “feasted”.
- Character speech is used to show the perspective and feelings of different characters and this impacts how it is read.
- Summarising a story helps us to build our understanding of a text and the meaning behind it.
Keywords
Vocabulary - the words we know and use to communicate to others
Repetition - the deliberate use of words or phrases that are repeated for emphasis or other effect
Speech - the words a character speaks to communicate
Summarise - to pull out the key information and ideas from the text
Common misconception
Children may notice a familiar word being used in a new way and not understand its meaning, e.g. making a "toast".
Explore words that have more than one definition and how we can infer meaning through understanding the context in which it has been used.
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2017 Walker Ltd. edition of ‘The Duck, The Wolf & The Mouse’ written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a noisy fight, disturbance or commotion
a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury
a large container of something