Notes
Step 1: Look at the Cover
Step 2 + Step 3: Listen and Watch
Step 4: Add your Voice
Step 5: Share and Evaluate your work
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| Synopsis | A mouse declares “I am a tiger” and manages to convince other creatures not only that this is true, but that they are not what they think they are. |
| Lesson access | via url-link or QR-Code |
| Equipment for child | tablet, phone or laptop, internet connection, perhaps headphones |
| Materials | dictionary (online or paper), craft materials |
| Language Skills | listening, vocabulary (verbs), speaking (read aloud) |
| Cross-curricular Links | science, drama |
| Values | identity, creativity, being confident, true or false |
| World Event Day | International Tiger Day |
| Look | What can you see on the cover? Describe the mouse: size, colour, body language |
| Read & Think | Read the title. Which body part of a tiger can you see? Who do you think is saying ‘I am a Tiger?’ Why? |
| Research | Find five differences between tigers and mice – their size, their colour, their fur, things they can do, the noise they make, what they eat. |
| Predict | What do you think is going to happen in this story? |
| Check | Look up the meaning of these adjectives: twitchy, fury, stripy, pointy. |
| Part A | Listen and watch for general understanding and enjoyment. |
| Part B | Listen and watch again and answer the questions, pause and replay when you need to. |
| Why does the racoon say the mouse is not a tiger? | |
| Does the mouse agree? What does it say? | |
| Why does the fox think mouse is not a tiger? | |
| Does the mouse agree? What does it say? | |
| Why does the snake think mouse is not a tiger? | |
| Does the mouse agree? What does it say? Can the mouse really do it? | |
| What does the mouse tell the tiger? | |
| What does the mouse do to convince the tiger that the tiger is wrong? How does the tiger feel? Look at his facial expressions. | |
| What does the mouse think that the racoon, the fox, the snake and the bird really are? How do they feel? Look at their facial expressions. | |
| Why does the mouse think it is not a tiger anymore? | |
| What does the mouse think it is now? |
| Review & Join in | Watch the story again and join in when Karl and Ross make the ‘Grrrr’ sound and say: I am a Tiger. Make sure you say it with a strong voice, full of confidence. |
| Review & Create | Remember the animals mouse meets and what it says they are. Choose three more animals and say what the mouse thinks they are. Here is an example for a zebra: Black, white and stripy … This is a newspaper. |
| Think | Why does the mouse think the bird is a lollipop or the snake is a banana? |
| Personalise | Have you ever seen something and thought it was something else? What was it? |
| Think | Why do you think the mouse believes he is a tiger or a crocodile? |
| Personalise | Have you ever believed you are somebody or something else? Why? How did that make you feel? |
| Think | What do you think is the message of this story? |
| Your opinion | Which is your favourite part of the story? Why? |
| Share | Send your work to your teacher or share in your virtual classroom. |
| Evaluate | Complete the evaluation sheet to reflect on your learning. |
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Part A: Read and complete. You can write or say your answers. You can do this on your own, in pairs or in a class discussion.
Part B: Think about how well you did. Choose and draw the smiley face that fits best.
Notes
| Synopsis | A mouse declares “I am a tiger” and manages to convince other creatures not only that this is true, but that they are not what they think they are. |
| Lesson access | via url-link or QR-Code |
| Equipment for child | tablet, phone or laptop, internet connection, perhaps headphones |
| Materials | dictionary (online or paper), craft materials |
| Language Skills | listening, vocabulary (verbs), speaking (read aloud) |
| Cross-curricular Links | science, drama |
| Values | identity, creativity, being confident, true or false |
| World Event Day | International Tiger Day |
Step 1: Look at the Cover
| Look | What can you see on the cover? Describe the mouse: size, colour, body language |
| Read & Think | Read the title. Which body part of a tiger can you see? Who do you think is saying ‘I am a Tiger?’ Why? |
| Research | Find five differences between tigers and mice – their size, their colour, their fur, things they can do, the noise they make, what they eat. |
| Predict | What do you think is going to happen in this story? |
| Check | Look up the meaning of these adjectives: twitchy, fury, stripy, pointy. |
Step 2 + Step 3: Listen and Watch
| Part A | Listen and watch for general understanding and enjoyment. |
| Part B | Listen and watch again and answer the questions, pause and replay when you need to. |
| Why does the racoon say the mouse is not a tiger? | |
| Does the mouse agree? What does it say? | |
| Why does the fox think mouse is not a tiger? | |
| Does the mouse agree? What does it say? | |
| Why does the snake think mouse is not a tiger? | |
| Does the mouse agree? What does it say? Can the mouse really do it? | |
| What does the mouse tell the tiger? | |
| What does the mouse do to convince the tiger that the tiger is wrong? How does the tiger feel? Look at his facial expressions. | |
| What does the mouse think that the racoon, the fox, the snake and the bird really are? How do they feel? Look at their facial expressions. | |
| Why does the mouse think it is not a tiger anymore? | |
| What does the mouse think it is now? |
Step 4: Add your Voice
| Review & Join in | Watch the story again and join in when Karl and Ross make the ‘Grrrr’ sound and say: I am a Tiger. Make sure you say it with a strong voice, full of confidence. |
| Review & Create | Remember the animals mouse meets and what it says they are. Choose three more animals and say what the mouse thinks they are. Here is an example for a zebra: Black, white and stripy … This is a newspaper. |
| Think | Why does the mouse think the bird is a lollipop or the snake is a banana? |
| Personalise | Have you ever seen something and thought it was something else? What was it? |
| Think | Why do you think the mouse believes he is a tiger or a crocodile? |
| Personalise | Have you ever believed you are somebody or something else? Why? How did that make you feel? |
| Think | What do you think is the message of this story? |
| Your opinion | Which is your favourite part of the story? Why? |
Step 5: Share and Evaluate your work
| Share | Send your work to your teacher or share in your virtual classroom. |
| Evaluate | Complete the evaluation sheet to reflect on your learning. |
