Perdu- Richard Jones

 

Year 3- Year 4

Text: Perdu- Richard Jones

lesson plan by Andrew Moffat www.no-outsiders.com

Learning Intention: To know where I belong

RSE links: that healthy friendships are positive and welcoming towards others, and do not make others feel lonely or excluded

Success Criteria: I know what belonging feels like / I know things that can help make me feel like I belong  / I know I belong

Starter: what does belong mean? How can a person feel like they belong? What might happen to make someone feel they do not belong? Why is it important to feel you belong?

Main: Read “Perdu” and discuss:

-          We don’t know how Perdu has come to be in this situation; do you think he was always in this situation? What might have happened? What does the red scarf suggest?

-          “That leaf has a place to be, but what about me?” why does Perdu feel the leaf belongs more than he?

-          “I must find my place, I must find my somewhere” why? How is Perdu feeling? Why doesn’t he just carry on travelling?

-          Perdu is searching, but what for? How will he know when he belongs somewhere?

-          People think he’s a horrible animal because he starts to snarl, but why does he start to snarl, what don't people understand?

-          Why do you think Perdu makes a circle of pebbles and pine cones?

-          “a scared little ball of worry” what does this mean?

-          How does Perdu know he is safe at the end?

activity: children make a cartoon strip for the key parts of the story; choose 6 events to illustrate Perdu’s journey from feeling lost to feeling he belongs. There is no dialogue in the story so children will have to use words to describe what happens in each picture.

Plenary: The girl in the red hat appears on many of the pages. Why do you think the girl chooses to take the dog home at the end of the story? She could have ignored him, why do you think she choose not to ignore Perdu? How did the choice she made affect Perdu? If she had walked away, how would the story have ended differently? 

Who was the outsider in this story? How did they stop feeling like an outsider, could they have achieved that on their own? What can we learn from this story about belonging and about the impact of our actions and choices on others?

 No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat

www.no-outsiders.com 

 

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