A young fisherman's meagre catch is stolen by a fox who leads him to the catch of a lifetime.
Teaching Ideas
- Create an emotions graph tracking the boy’s feelings through the events in the story:
- Waiting with anticipation for the first catch
- The distress caused by seeing the injured fox
- Anger at the fox stealing the fish
- Chasing the fox
- Surprise and excitement at seeing the giant fish
- Trying to catch it
- The catch at the end
- Discuss where the boy is from, why he has to fish for food, and what happens to the fox at the end – why?
- Younger children could describe the giant fish.
- They could also make rods and paper fish to have a go at catching themselves.
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