Developing an understanding of 'The Wild Robot' through rich discussions

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Developing responses to 'The Wild Robot' through rich discussions

In 'The Wild Robot: book club’, pupils discussed themes, including environmentalism. In ’Greenling: reading’, pupils will explore this theme through a picturebook text.

In ’The Iron Man: reading’, pupils discussed themes of identity and belonging. In ’The Wild Robot: book club’, pupils will return to these themes and explore how characters and settings can contribute to our understanding.

In this unit, pupils explore and discuss the illustrated chapter book, 'The Wild Robot'. They will share their opinion on the text and explore the key themes of identity, adaptation and technology. Finally, pupils will develop personal responses, as well as making connections to other texts.

'The Wild Robot': book club

a text that presents news and information about current events

a genre of text which presents real events, information or knowledge

Which of the following definitions best describes an illustrated chapter book?

Which of the following creatures does Roz initially help by pulling out porcupine spines?

What is the name of the gosling that Roz adopts after its nest is damaged?

when computers or robots can do things like humans

Who is **both** the author and illustrator of 'The Wild Robot'?

The text is written from which perspective?

Match the following words to their definitions.

Put the following parts of a story in the correct order.

True or false? Illustrated chapter books only contain words.

Match the key features of an illustrated chapter book to the information you might find on a front cover.

True or false? A main character in a text always has to be human.

A storm occurs out at sea, causing a ship to drop some of its cargo.

The cargo drifts to an island. Four out of the five crates smash to pieces.

Otters are intrigued by the crates. They manage to open one.

Roz is accidentally activated by a switch on her head being "slapped" by a paw.

Put the events that happen at the beginning of the text in order.

Developing an understanding of 'The Wild Robot' through rich discussions

Lesson outcome