Understanding character relationships in 'The Sheep Pig'
I can understand the relationships between the characters in 'The Sheep-Pig'.
Understanding character relationships in 'The Sheep Pig'
I can understand the relationships between the characters in 'The Sheep-Pig'.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Babe shows many positive character traits, including kindness, politeness, determination and friendliness.
- Babe's kindness and determination helps him to form relationships.
- Farmer Hogget forms a bond with Babe and Fly accepts Babe and teaches him.
- Role on the wall is a reading activity which helps us develop our understanding of characters in a story or text.
- We can support our ideas with evidence from the text.
Common misconception
In Task A, pupils may place character traits both on the inside and outside of the outline.
Explain to pupils that inner emotions and feelings remain inside, attributes that other characters can see go on the outside.
Keywords
Characterisation - the way an author describes and develops the personalities and traits of the characters in a story
Character traits - the special qualities that make a character in a story unique and interesting
Evidence - the information from a text that can support or justify our reasoning
Relationships - the connections and interactions between characters within a narrative
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2023 Penguin Random House edition of ‘The Sheep-Pig’ by Dick King-Smith.
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
6 Questions
Fly
Babe
Ma
Exit quiz
6 Questions
the way an author describes & develops personalities
the special qualities that make a character unique
the information from a text that can justify reasoning
the connections and interactions between characters