1C English - Where The Wild Things Are

Lesson: English

Class: Year 1 - 1C Year: 2021 - 2022

Lesson 1 - Making predictions about a text

Immersion into a text - there were some props from a story that had arrived into our classroom! There was a boat, an invitation to a wild rumpus, a crown and a wolf suit. We found out that the items were all taken from a story that we are going to be sharing at a later stage. We examined the items and discussed who they may belong to, what they may be used for, what clues they may give about our new story and who might use the items. We worked in pairs to discuss and record our ideas. What is a wild rumpus? We found out that this is a party, possibly in a wild place such as a zoo, a forest, a jungle, out at sea or a desert!

We then examined the details within the invitation. We discussed who it was addressed to (us, Year 1), what it was inviting us to ( a wild rumpus), where the rumpus was being held (where the Wild Things are), and when it was taking place (tomorrow). We learned what RSVP (respondez s'l vous plait - Please reply) means and thought of some ideas that we could write when replying to this invitation. In our reply, we included Dear Wild Things, we thanked them for the invite and accepted and then included some questions such as; Can I bring a friend? What type of food will there be? What type of cake will there be? Who else will be there? What time does it start? 

We then thought of some ideas of what we would wear to the rumpus and included these in our reply (this was a great way to include some noun phreases such as; Long, stripey trousers and a frilly blouse, Bright red, sparkly dress with a white cardigan and a Spiderman suite with shiny, black boots).