A Bear Called Paddington - Chapter 4 - Worksheet

In Chapter 4 of "A Bear Called Paddington," students are invited to delve into a shopping expedition with Paddington and Mrs Brown through a series of engaging discussion questions and reading activities. They are prompted to consider the character of the shop assistant in the gentlemen's outfitters and to explore Paddington's preference for escalators over lifts. The discussion extends to whether Mrs Brown should contemplate future shopping trips with the adventurous bear. To enhance comprehension and engagement, the worksheet suggests creating a timeline of events, participating in a drama activity to explore the characters' perspectives, crafting a comic strip of Paddington's antics in the shop, and completing a reading comprehension exercise.

The worksheet also incorporates a Grammar Hunt, focusing on adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and noun phrases, while the 'Words to Workshop' section lists a variety of descriptive words for students to learn and use in their writing. Writing opportunities encourage creativity, with tasks such as writing a diary entry from the perspective of Albert, creating instructions on how to use a lift, and designing posters for Barkridges and a lost bear. Additionally, the chapter offers numerous cross-curricular links, including science topics like animals and electricity, computing projects such as creating databases and eBooks, historical explorations of the UK's railways and refugees, and geographical mapping of London locations from the story. Creative tasks extend to art, design and technology, music, physical education, religious education, and personal, social, health and economic education, covering themes like courage, tolerance, compassion, and resilience.