Thinking from the girl's perspective in 'Wild' | English

Starter quiz

Who is the main character in the story?
- the strange animals
- the bear
- the fox
- the little girl ✓
What did the bear teach the little girl to do?
- speak
- eat ✓
- play
- learn
What animal did the little girl ride home on?
- dog ✓
- bear
- cat
- fish
Which of these is a definition of emotion?
- Emotions are how you are feeling on the inside. ✓
- Emotions describe your appearance.
- Emotions describe your feelings on the inside and your appearance.
Complete this sentence. *__________ are used to describe nouns, including emotions.*
- Joining words
- Adjectives ✓
- Verbs
Which of these words would you not use if you were speaking from your own perspective?
- I
- me
- she ✓
- my

You are the little girl from 'Wild'. What animal did you ride on to get home to the forest?
- I rode home on a dog. ✓
- I rode home on a bear.
- I rode home on a cat.
- I rode home on a fish.
You are the little girl from 'Wild'. What did the bear teach you to do?
- The bear taught me how to speak.
- The bear taught me how to eat. ✓
- The bear taught me how to play.
- The bear taught me how to learn.
Match the emotion to the event in the story.
- frustrated
  
  ⇔
  
  when the human arrived ✓
- content
  
  ⇔
  
  the end ✓
- energised
  
  ⇔
  
  in the water with the bears ✓
Which of these is another adjective to describe feeling angry?
- calm
- furious ✓
- sad
- afraid
Order these three events from the story.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  First, I lived in a magical, enchanted forest and I felt peaceful.
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Suddenly, I heard a noisy car and two strange animals took me away!
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  Finally, I was back home in my wild, safe forest and I felt accepted.
Why was the girl confused when the humans arrived?
- She had never seen humans before. ✓
- She wanted to leave the forest with them.
- She had seen humans before.
- She was excited to see them.

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This story will be told from the girl's perspective, using the words "I", "me" and "my".
Thinking from someone else's perspective includes imagining how they might feel.
Thinking from someone else's perspective includes imagining why they do certain things.
Thinking from someone else's perspective includes imagining what they like or dislike.
Facial expressions and movements help us understand what is happening in a story even when words have not been used.

Pupils may say the incorrect pronouns or speak in the incorrect person.

Re-model sentences, emphasising the change of person "**I** lived in a magical, enchanted forest." and get the children to repeat.

Character - a person or animal in a story
Emotions - feeling or mood
Perspective - a point of view
Expression - the ability to show emotions and feelings through facial movements, speech, gestures or body language