The Owl and the Pussycat - PowerPoint and Worksheets

English Teaching Resources: The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear

‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ is a new and innovative unit of work for Lear's much loved poem. It has been designed to cover many of the curriculum objectives as outline in the years 1 and 2 English programmes of study.

This colourful and engaging 150-slide PowerPoint presentation includes:
- Making predictions about the story
- A copy of the poem with cartoon images and bright colour
- Animated film of The Owl and the Pussycat
- Retelling strategies and comprehension questions
- Cloze exercise and storyboarding activities
- Tackling unfamiliar words and using a dictionary
- Rhyming words lesson with interactive game
- Identify adjectives in The Owl and the Pussycat
- Using adjectives to improve writing
- Compound words activities including an interactive game
- Create a children's story book based on The Owl and the Pussycat task
- Full unit overview
- 16 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint

‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ can be fully edited so it can be adapted to suit the needs of each class taught.