Title
The
Gruffalo.
Recommended
age group
Level 1, 7-8
years old.
Characters
The mouse.
The Fox.
The Owl.
The snake.
The
Gruffalo.
Synopsis
The mouse goes for a walk in the forest and on his way he encounters dangerous animals. Each of these animals tries to eat the mouse. He tells each animal that he is going to meet with a gruffalo (a fictional monster).
The mouse goes for a walk in the forest and on his way he encounters dangerous animals. Each of these animals tries to eat the mouse. He tells each animal that he is going to meet with a gruffalo (a fictional monster).
The mouse
is shocked to encounter a real gruffalo who tries to eat him. The mouse tries
to convince the gruffalo that he is the scariest animal in the forest.
Finally
“the mouse find a nut and the nut was good”.
Character
objectives
The mouse:
a small mouse who is very clever and imaginative.
The Fox: he
lives in an underground house and he wants to eat the mouse.
The Owl: he
lives in the treetop house and he pretends to eat the mouse.
The Snake:
he lives in the logpile house and he wants to eat the mouse.
The
Gruffalo: he is a big terrible creature. His features terrify everyone.
Scene
breakdown
Scene 1
Music and
genre: Peter and the Wolf.
The mouse
is walking through the forest when he meets the fox. The fox invites him to
have lunch. The mouse declines the invitation because he planned to meet with the
gruffalo.
Scene 2
Music and
genre: Peter and the Wolf.
The mouse
is walking through the forest when he meets the owl. The owl invites him to
have tea. The mouse declines the invitation because he agreed to meet with the
gruffalo.
Scene 3
Music and
genre: Peter and the Wolf.
The mouse
is walking through the forest when he meets the snake. The snake invites him to
have feast. The mouse declines the invitation because he arranged to meet with the
gruffalo.
Scene 4
Music and
genre: Peter and the Wolf.
The mouse finds
the gruffalo. The gruffalo wants to eat the mouse but he says that he is the
scariest creature in the forest. The gruffalo follows him to test it.
Scene 5
Music and
genre: Peter and the Wolf.
The mouse
and the gruffalo meet with the snake. The snake runs away when he sees the gruffalo.
Scene 6
Music and
genre: Peter and the Wolf.
The mouse
and the gruffalo meet with the owl. The owl flees when he sees the gruffalo.
Scene 7
Music and
genre: Peter and the Wolf.
The mouse
and the gruffalo meet with the fox. The fox runs away when he sees the gruffalo.
Scene 8
Music and
genre: Peter and the Wolf.
The gruffalo
is afraid because he things that the mouse is the scariest creature in the
forest. The gruffalo flees through the forest. The mouse finds a nut and he
eats it.
Extra
information
The story
has some repetitive structures that students learn very easy by just listening
to them:
“Where are
you going to, little brown mouse?”
“Where are
you meeting him?”
“A
gruffalo? What´s a gruffalo?” “A gruffalo! Why, didn´t you know?”
“Silly old
[…]! Doesn´t he know, there´s no such thing as a gruffalo?
