a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story

the action of working with someone to achieve something

the ability to see the positive side of things

the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties

The theme of collaboration in 'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse'

English

In this unit, pupils have explored how the author shows character perspective and feeling through description and speech. In 'The Planet in a Pickle Jar', pupils will explore a text where it is written from a character's perspective, which can change the storyline.

In 'Yoshi the Stonecutter', pupils were carefully supported to read a decodable book. In this unit, pupils will build on this by broadening their reading experiences to a richer, higher quality text and read parts of the book as supported by the teacher for a wider reading experience.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the narrative text, 'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse'. They explore the characters, setting and plot and summarise and retell the story. Finally, they identify and discuss the key themes in the text.

'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse': book club

Which of the following themes might be found in 'The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse'?

Match the themes from the story to their definition.

by looking for recurring ideas or messages

How can we uncover themes within a story?

He says he always wanted to live inside a wolf.

He focuses on the positive element of feeling safer inside the wolf.

He talks about how horrible it is living inside the wolf.

They get the wolf to swallow the things they want to enjoy in their home.

They spend their whole time in bed feeling sad.

They come up with a plan to defend their home.

How do the characters show **resourcefulness**?

True or false? Collaboration is an important skill which can have a positive impact on our lives.

A wolf encountered a mouse and gobbled it.

The mouse found itself inside the wolf's stomach.

The mouse discovered a duck was already living there.

The duck and the mouse feasted and danced together and made it their home.

The duck and the mouse tricked the wolf into giving them things.

Sequence the following events to retell the beginning of the story 'The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse'.

The wolf became unwell from the ruckus taking place inside his stomach.

The wolf fell prey to a hunter who tried to kill him.

Th duck and the mouse scared away the hunter to defend their home.

The wolf was grateful and offered to grant the duck and the mouse a favour.

The duck and the mouse chose to stay living in the wolf's stomach.

Sequence the following events to retell the rest of the story of 'The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse'.

True or false? The wolf was happy with the favour he granted the duck and the mouse.

to use clues from the text to draw conclusions

What is the duck and the mouse's relationship like?

Starter Quiz