Fantastic Mr. Fox #1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Meticulous Mike

Now you!

Think of an adjective starting with the same letter as your first name.

This adjective should say something about your personality

Introduce yourself!

Walk around the classroom and introduce yourself to others with your 'new' name. 

What do you notice?

She sells seashells by the sea-shore.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.

Alliteration

What do you think alliteration is?

Alliteration

What do you think alliteration is?

Alliteration is a literary device in which a series of words start with the same consonant sound.

Alliteration

Alliteration is used in tongue-twisters like:

She sells seashells by the sea-shore.

But it is also used to emphasize something important that a writer wants to tell us (the readers) about.

Characters in Fantastic Mr. Fox

Discuss with your neighbour:
What do you notice when looking at the characters' names in the book?

Rat

Discuss with your neighbour:

1. What sort of character is Rat?
2. What evidence (bewijs) can you find in the text?
3. Give Rat a new name that better describes his character. Use alliteration!

Characters

Choose three characters from the book and write down:

1. What is their physical appearance (what do they look like?)?
2. What are their traits?
3. What is their motivation (why do they do certain things?)?
4. Their relationships to the other characters.
5. Think of a new name (with an alliteration) just like we did with Rat.

Ending of the book

How does Fantastic Mr. Fox end?

Alternate ending

Write a different end to the story of around 50-100 words.

How is it different from the original ending?

Why did you choose to end the story this way?

What do you notice here?

Bogus, Bunce and Bean

One fat, one short, one lean.

These horrible crooks

So different in looks

Were none the less equally mean.

Limerick (AABBA)

Bogus, Bunce and Bean

One fat, one short, one lean.

These horrible crooks

So different in looks

Were none the less equally mean.

Poems

Try to write your own poem (limerick). It can be about anything.

See if you can make it rhyme.

You can use an online dictionary to help you out. You can even find rhyme dictionaries I believe.