Troll Pudding Part 2: A funny reading resource about using initiative!

I’ve expanded my free ‘Troll Pudding’ resource and added a selection of broader reading activities. I hope it’s a real laugh-out-loud story for your class, especially for Halloween! The main character, Tilly, is a little girl who thinks quickly on her feet. She has to! She’s found herself in a bit of a pickle when she follows a troll underground and is captured by a group of trolls who’ve had their dinner. They want Tilly to be their pudding and she has to use her best initiative skills to find a way out.

As well as the story text, which is 4 x A4 pages long, the following activities are now included in this resource:

· A set of comprehension questions with answer key

· A sequencing exercise with answer key

· A storyboard template to make a cartoon version of the story

· A worksheet for an art activity

The resource is suitable for 7-9 year olds and can be used as an individual, pair, small group or whole class exercise. As well as the activities listed above, students can also cut up copies of the printed story and create a booklet/display in which they can leave spaces to add their own illustrations. This is a fun art activity which also helps to check their understanding of what’s happening in the story.

I hope you have fun with this. I certainly enjoyed writing it!

Thanks, Maggie