Wild - Teaching Slides

The teaching slides provided by Focus Education UK Ltd. delve into the concept of 'wild' through the context of a book titled "Wild." Students are prompted to consider the meaning of the word 'wild' and why the author might have chosen this particular title for the book. The slides encourage children to use their imagination and inference skills to explore how a baby might end up in a forest and what the phrase "all knew it was right" could signify. Through these guided questions, the slides aim to foster a deeper understanding of the text and its themes.

Further into the lesson, students are asked to predict the actions of the animals within the story and to substantiate their ideas with evidence from the text. The slides also prompt discussions around the notion of belonging and what it means when "the whole forest took her as their own." Students engage in activities such as identifying nouns, constructing sentences with prepositions, and adding adjectives to enhance their descriptive language. The materials are designed to engage students in critical thinking and creative expression, encouraging them to explore the narrative from different perspectives, including that of the little girl and the animals. This comprehensive approach helps to build empathy and understanding of character motivations within the story.