Lost and Found - Teaching Slides

The teaching slides provided by Focus Education UK Ltd. are designed to engage students with the story of 'Lost and Found,' prompting them to think critically about the narrative and its characters. At the outset, students are asked to contemplate why there is a suitcase on the first page and whom it might belong to, encouraging them to make predictions and infer details from the text. As the story unfolds, they explore the motivations of the characters, such as why the penguin might have knocked at the boy's house and why the boy believes the penguin is lost. These discussions help students to develop empathy and understanding of the characters' feelings, such as the penguin's loneliness and sadness.

Throughout the lesson, students are guided to consider the actions of the boy as he attempts to help the penguin find its home, asking them to think about why certain questions were posed to the Lost and Found Office, birds, and his duck. The slides also encourage exploration of geographical concepts, such as locating the South Pole on a globe and considering the challenges of travelling to such a remote location. Additionally, students are invited to reflect on the story's themes and messages, pondering what the book might be trying to teach them. The lesson is further enriched with activities that integrate grammar, such as using conjunctions and time adverbials, as well as exercises that foster creative thinking, like deciding whether one would prefer to be a penguin or a meerkat and why.