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Activity One
Life of a Fox
Research and write a report on “The Life of a Fox”.
Step ONE: Research (your teacher may help you with gathering information
and writing bibliography information on the research books and websites that
you use.)
Questions to find the answers to…. Answers:
1. Where in the world do foxes live?
2. What do fox ‘dens’ look like?
3. What do foxes eat?
4. What is a fox’s family like?
5. Who are the natural enemies of foxes?
6. (Think of your own question.)
7. Other interesting facts about foxes...
Step TWO: Write the report. For each of the questions you researched, write a
paragraph and add pictures or drawings to make the report interesting.
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Activity Two
Farm Life
In the book, Fantastic Mr Fox, the farmers are all
greedy and mean and nasty. In real life, farmers
are not so greedy, mean and nasty.
Make a poster to show what life is like on a real
farm. Find pictures and facts about farming.
You can look on the internet. Find books in the
library. You can also find pictures in magazines.
What can you put on your poster?
• Pictures of barns, chicken coops and ponds.
• Show the inside of the barn.
• What animals live on a farm?
• What do farm animals eat?
• Are there foxes taking chickens?
• Do other animals steal food from farms?
• What machines are there on the farm (tractors, trucks, other)?
On your poster
1. a title
2. pictures with short sentences on a farm
3. anything interesting you found out
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Activity Three
Diorama
Create a 3-D model of the scene. Using a shoe box and modeling clay, make
a model of the setting for the book.
Step ONE: Pick a time in the story that you want to model.
Step TWO: Recall Detail: Review the book for information:
What did the land look like above ground?
What did the land look like underground?
What would the people be wearing? What did they look like?
Step THREE: Research what you don’t know, or can’t picture.
What types of trees and grasses would you find in the woods in England?
What do foxes, badgers, moles, rabbits etc. look like?
What would the farms and buildings look like?
Step FOUR: Gather the materials you will need:
A shoe box (stand on its side to make the ‘stage’)
Plastercine or modeling clay in the colors you need.
Other tools or materials to help with the scene (dolls, dishes, Lego farm tools..)
Step FIVE: Create the Scene and show it to your class.
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Activity Four
Read, Read, Read
Roald Dahl has written quite a few
books. Here is a little list of some of his
books you may like:
The Gremlins, BFG, Witches, The Twits,
James and the Giant Peach, Boy, Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda.
Read another book by Roald Dahl. Share
the book with your class. Below is an
example of how to organize your page.
Remember, don’t give the story away!
Just tell them enough to make them
want to read the story themselves.
Title by Roald Dahl
What the story is about:
picture
Best Character: (description)
The Best part of the story:
Who should read this book?
Why:
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Activity Five
A Play
Write a script of the whole story or the main action scene of your choice. Take
some of the words right out of the script to have a real touch of the book. Scripts
are written like this:
Mr Fox: (creeps down the hole) They’re still there.
Mrs Fox: How can you be sure?
Mr Fox: (takes a big sniff up the tunnel) Euh…I can smell them.
The information in the brackets is for the actors to DO, the words are for the actors
to SAY.
Assign characters: (depending on the scene)
Character Assigned To
Boggis
Bunce
Bean
Mr Fox
Mrs Fox
4 little Foxes
Mr Badger and Son
Rat
Others: village children, other animals,
Mabel, the voice of Mrs Bean
List the props you will need.
Costumes:
Practice your play and then present it to the class.
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Activity Six
Movie VS Book: Compare and Contrast
In 2008, a stop-motion was made of The Fantastic Mr. Fox. It stars the voices
of George Clooney and Meryl Streep. Most movies made from books are
different than the original book.
Watch the movie. Is it the same as the book? How is it different? Use the boxes
below to gather your facts.
The characters: How are they the same or different from the book?
Same Different
The story: Are the events that happen in the story the same or different from
the book?
Same Different
The setting: How are the places the same or different as they were described
in the book?
Same Different
Finally, give your opinion: Do you like the changes in the movie? Why or Why not?
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