This engaging and thought-provoking lesson is the fifth in a sequence of lessons designed to accompany the reading and promote children’s comprehension of Dick King Smith’s ‘The Hodgeheg.’ This lesson covers the Chapter Five of the story.

The lesson is guided by a comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation, and enables students to understand the text through:
-Recalling prior events and ideas from early chapters;
-Retrieving information about the events and characters;
-Inferring key ideas in the text, decoding hidden meanings;
-Making predictions about what they feel will happen in the second half of the story.

The sessions include a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference, explanation and deeper thinking activities. A clear, colourful and comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides children through the learning activities.

The lessons have been tried and tested in the classroom with both year 2 and year 3 children.