Emotions in literature - winnie the pooh

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Emotions in literature

Goals for today

Through this lesson you will be able to describe the characters in Winnie the Pooh by relating to their emotions.

Useful words

Character

Illustration

Narrator

Describe

Based on

Useful words explained

Character – personality

Illustration - photographs, paintings, drawings, and graphs to explain or decorate the text

Narrator – a person who tells the story

Describe – to give a detailed explanation

Based on – to use information to support an idea / believe / opinion

Where do these quotes come from?

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

Where do these quotes come from: People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. A day without laughter is a day wasted. It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.

Ga to Teams, open the document:

 ‘Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery day’

Go to Teams

Open the document ‘Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery day’

AA.A. Milne

Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956), British author mainly known for Winnie the Pooh

translated in 25 languages.

Pooh first appeared in the London Evening News on Christmas Eve, 1925, in a story called "The Wrong Sort of Bees". Winnie-the-Pooh was published in 1926, followed by The House at Pooh Corner in 1928. 

In 1925 the debute of Winnie de Poeh was in a Christmas story for his son Christopher Robin. The story took place in Ashdown Forest where Christopher Robin played with his teddy bear Winnie de Poeh. This story and many more about Pooh have been bundled into the book: Winnie-the-Pooh which appeard on 14 October 1926. Milne wrote two more books with children's verses: Now We Are Six in 1927 and the following year: The House At Pooh Corner.

The stories were based on the stuffed toys belonging to Christopher Robin

a teddy,a tiger, a kangaroo, a donkey, and a tiny velveteen pig.

When you look at the story “Winnie the Pooh and a Blustery day”, how would you describe Owl?

1. cheerful
2. bouncy
3. dyslexia, but wise
4. helpful

When you look at the story “Winnie the Pooh and a Blustery day”, how would you describe Piglet ?

1. anxious
2. talkative
3. bouncy
4. energetic

When you look at the story “Winnie the Pooh and a Blustery day”, how would you describe Tiger?

1. Sleepy
2. Enthousiastic
3. Depressed
4. Morbid

When you look at the story “Winnie the Pooh and a Blustery day”, how would you describe Eeyore?

1. Cheerful
2. Bouncy
3. Morbid
4. Helpful

When you look at the story “Winnie the Pooh and a Blustery day”, how would you describe Winnie the Pooh?

1. Morbid
2. Bouncy
3. Selfish
4. Thinker

On Internet it says:

Winnie the Pooh – impulsive

Piglet - anxiety

Tiger - ADHD

Eeyore - depressive

Owl – dyslexia

What can the Winnie the Pooh stories teach us?

For whom are these stories suitable?

In pairs discuss 

What are benefits of ADHD?

How would you recognise someone who has ADHD?

When someone is impulsive, what behaviour is shown?

If someone has anxiety, how do they behave?

If someone is  depressed, how would they behave?

Do you recognise any of the behaviour in Winnie the Pooh?

Write your answers down and upload them in TEAMS.

How can main characters of books be described? Which emotions can you use?