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.
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.
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.
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
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).
Video
Loading...
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