Engaging with the plot of 'The Happy Prince'
I can read ‘The Happy Prince’ and summarise the key events.
Engaging with the plot of 'The Happy Prince'
I can read ‘The Happy Prince’ and summarise the key events.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- 'The Happy Prince' is a story originally written in 1888 by Oscar Wilde, which has been adapted into different versions.
- The story tells of a statue of a prince witnessing great poverty and sadness in a city.
- Together with a swallow, the prince performs selfless acts of kindness to help the poor people of the city.
- The moral of the story in ‘The Happy Prince’ is to be compassionate and to help those who are suffering.
- Summarising the key events in a story helps us to build our understanding of the text and the meaning behind it.
Keywords
Plot - the sequence of events that make up the narrative
Moral - a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience
Summarise - to pull out the key events and ideas from a text
Classic text - a piece of literature that has stood the test of time
Common misconception
Pupils may be confused by how the statue can speak and used to be a living person.
'The Happy Prince' is a fictional text so the characters act in ways that are not usual for humans.
Licence
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Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
an information text about a real person's life
a text that provides real facts or information
a type of writing that can evoke emotion and can rhyme
a story that is written about imaginary characters and events