Exploring and engaging with themes in 'How to Train Your Dragon’
I can identify and reflect on the key themes in 'How to Train Your Dragon'.
Exploring and engaging with themes in 'How to Train Your Dragon’
I can identify and reflect on the key themes in 'How to Train Your Dragon'.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Hiccup’s character goes on a transformation throughout the text; he begins the text as an unlikely hero
- Hiccup’s characterisation does not remain fixed; by the end of the text he demonstrates many heroic qualities
- A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story
- Themes can leave us with ideas and questions that we reflect on after reading the text
Common misconception
Pupils may find it challenging to think of two distinct similarities and differences.
Pupils could mind map character traits of Toothless and compare these to character studies of Hiccup.
Keywords
Theme - A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story.
Convey - To convey means to communicate a message to the reader directly or indirectly.
Hero - A hero is a protagonist with noble qualities, often saving or helping others.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2017 Hodder Children’s Books edition of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ written and illustrated by Cressida Cowell, for this lesson.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
6 Questions
a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story
to communicate a message to the reader directly or indirectly
a protagonist with noble qualities, often saving or helping others
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