The Jungle Book Level 3

Lesson Plan

Mowgli lived with the wolves in the jungle. But the wolves
did not want him. “You are not strong because you are
not a wolf,” they said.

CEFR Level A1
YLE Movers
Text type: traditional tale
Word count: 586
Lexile measure: 430L

Lesson objectives Lesson plan

Vocabulary focus Before reading
Animals: bear, buffalo, kite, monkey, panther, Show the children the cover of the Reader but
python, snake, tiger, wolf hide the title. Focus on the background and
Places: jungle, village ask: Where is this? Establish that it is a jungle.
Adjectives: afraid, angry, bad, big, fast, little, Ask questions about jungles, for example:
loud, red, safe, sorry, strong, tired, young What can you see in a jungle? Is it an exciting
Grammar focus place? Would you like to live in a jungle?
Adjectives Reveal the title and ask:
Reading skills What is this story about? What kind of
Identifying characters in a story animals are in the story?

Cross-curricular connections Ask if any of the children have seen a film of

Music (song) The Jungle Book. Ask: Did you like it? Why?
IT (online research on animals) Ask the children to look at Reader pages 4–5.
Science (animals, the jungle) Introduce the characters and vocabulary to
them. Describe the pictures and encourage the
Resources
children to guess which one you are referring
Reader
to. Ask questions, for example:
Activity Book
Which picture shows a bird? Which picture
Flashcard download 1–11
shows an animal like a big black cat?
Audio download (UK/US) tracks 1, 2, 4

Timing: 40–60 minutes

This is to be used as a general guide and will
depend on group size, the pace of learning, and
the children’s language ability.
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We would suggest 10 minutes for Before

reading, 20 minutes for During reading and
10 minutes for After reading. Additional time
can be used for further activities.

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During reading Encourage them to retell the parts of the story

that feature the character. For example, show
Read out or play the recording of the story
Flashcard 4 (Bagheera) and elicit:
(Audio track 1) and ask the children to follow in
their Reader. After every couple of pages, stop Bagheera is Mowgli’s friend. He helps Mowgli
and help the children differentiate between the a lot. He is worried about Mowgli because the
various characters: jungle is not safe. He tells Mowgli to go to the
village.
Who is this? What kind of animal is Baloo/
Bagheera/Kaa? What is the tiger called? The children can do the following activities to
focus on the characters:
• Reader activities: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14
• Activity Book activities: 1, 2, 3, 6 (Audio
track 2), 9, 14
To reinforce the sequence of events in the story,
play the song (Audio Track 4) on Activity Book
page 16 a couple of times, and encourage the
children to follow in their book and join in.
Divide the class into two groups. Ask one group
Read out or play the story again and focus on to sing the first verse and the other group to
the main events. Encourage the children to sing the second verse.
compare the two settings in the story –
the jungle and the village. Ask questions,
for example: Differentiation
Is Mowgli happier/safer in the village or the Extra support
jungle? Why does he leave the jungle? Before the children do the Reader and
Make sure the children understand what Activity Book activities, reveal each of
happens at the end of the story. Ask: Flashcards 1–11 gradually. Ask: Who/
Why are the people in the village angry with Where is this? Elicit the character’s name
Mowgli? Where does he go? and, where appropriate, the type of animal.
If time allows, select some pages, for
example, pages 12 and 13, which show
After reading several characters and ask the children to
Display some adjectives, for example: afraid, point to and identify them.
angry, (not) safe. Ask the children to go
Extension
through the Reader and find a character the
Fast finishers can choose one of the
adjective could be applied to, for example,
animals in the story and research it online.
Mowgli on pages 14–15. Ask: Why is Mowgli
They should draw a picture and write a
afraid? and elicit Because the monkeys are
short description of their animal. They
taking him with them. Ask: Who does Bagheera
could include information about what it
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say is not safe? and elicit The monkeys.

looks like, where it lives, what it eats and
Display the Flashcards with the animal any other interesting facts.
characters one by one. Ask the children: What
does this animal do in the story?

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