Exploring the meaning of family in 'And Tango Makes Three'

English

In this unit, pupils read a story related to a family. In 'Grandad's Island', pupils will read another text around a family, but in a different context, encouraging pupils to compare, contrast and respond with their personal experiences and prior reading.

In 'Don't Cross the Line!', pupils were encouraged to link the text to their own personal beliefs and experiences. In 'And Tango Makes Three', the theme of family is explored, further encouraging pupils to link what they read to their personal experiences.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the text, 'And Tango Makes Three'. They explore the characters, setting and plot and share their thoughts and opinions on the story. Finally, they explore the key themes in the text of love, family and identity.

'And Tango Makes Three': book club

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which of the following themes occur in 'And Tango Makes Three'?

a strong feeling of personal attachment or deep affection

a group of people who look after each other and show love 

Match the themes from the story to their definition.

by looking for recurring ideas or messages

How can we uncover themes within a story?

True or false? Families come in many different forms, shapes and sizes.

True or false? A family is defined by who is in it.

Which of the following aspects are important to the meaning of family?

R & S were different to other penguin couples because both of them were boys.

R & S spent all their time together and lived just like the other couples.

R & S realised the one thing they couldn't do was produce an egg and have a baby

R & S tried to hatch a rock so that they could become parents.

Sequence the following to retell the beginning of the story of 'And Tango Makes Three'. R & S refers to Roy and Silo.

The zookeeper realised what was happening and gave R & S an egg to hatch.

R & S spent all of their time caring for the egg.

The egg hatched and R & S became fathers to a penguin who was named Tango.

R & S taught and loved their daughter in the same way as the other families.

Sequence the following to retell the rest of the story of 'And Tango Makes Three'. R & S refers to Roy and Silo.

True or false? All families look the same.

Select all the ways in which Roy and Silo were **similar** to the other couples?

What made Tango **unique** in the penguin home?

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Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

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