part of your personality, belief system and behaviour

a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience

strong feelings that result from a person’s circumstances, mood or relationship with others

Exploring the moral and characters in 'The Happy Prince'

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Engaging with the plot of 'The Happy Prince'

Planning the opening of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the opening of 'The Happy Prince'

Planning the build-up of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the build-up of 'The Happy Prince'

Planning the climax and resolution of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the climax of 'The Happy Prince'

Writing the resolution of 'The Happy Prince'

Publishing a piece of narrative writing based on 'The Happy Prince'

In this unit, pupils learn to develop their ability to develop character with vocabulary and speech. In 'Whale Rider', pupils will learn to develop speech from a film to varied speech sentence structures.

In 'The Jabberwocky', pupils learnt to use vocabulary in a wide range of sentence structures with increasing precision to show characterisation. In this unit, pupils will learn to develop their ability to develop character with vocabulary and speech. 

In this unit, pupils write a full narrative based on a rewritten version of the classic 'The Happy Prince'. Pupils write an opening, build-up, climax and resolution, focusing on all parts of the narrative arc in turn and building a full understanding of how each narrative section builds on another.

'The Happy Prince': narrative writing and reading

True or false? This is the moral of 'The Happy Prince': never give up. 

What happened to the statue when he realised that the bird was dying?

What does this quote tell the reader about how the prince felt at the beginning of the story? 'His eyes were full of tears.' 

He tried to find more jewels to keep for himself 

He gave away all his own jewels and gold leaves to other people 

He played happily in his palace when he was alive 

He was concerned about the poor people who were suffering 

The statue was upset by all the suffering in the city 

The bird and the statue helped the people who were suffering

The bird became frailer and weaker in the cold winter 

God asked the bird and the prince to look after the city's people

Order these key moments from 'The Happy Prince' in chronological order. 

Who was the original author of 'The Happy Prince'?

Who are the main characters in 'The Happy Prince'?

The statue was upset by all the suffering in the city

The bird became frailer and weaker in the cold winter.

True or false? 'The prince is an evil character.'

Which of the following are character traits?

Exploring the moral and characters in 'The Happy Prince'

Lesson outcome