Name: ______Date: ______

The Elephant King

1

Some mice lived in a forest near a lake.

The elephants didn’t see the mice because the mice were too

small.

The mice were scared of the elephants.

Many years later, hunters came to the forest looking for mice.

The mice raced into the forest to help the elephants.

2

Aim: To develop the use of meaning

Activity:

1Read the sentence, then write ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in the box.

2Draw a story map to retell what happened in the beginning, middle and end.

Text:The Elephant King(narrative) Stage of reader: Early (GR Level 11)

The Elephant King

Some mice lived in ______old town.

They didn’t see the mice because the mice were______

small.

The mice ______scared.

“I will ______to the elephant king,” said the old mouse.

Many years later, hunters ______to the forest.

The hunters caught the elephants and tied ______to

the trees.

“Our elephant friends ______help. Follow me!” said the

old mouse.

The mice ______the ropes.

Aim: To develop the use of structure

Activity: Write a word from the box to complete the sentence.

Text:The Elephant King (narrative) Stage of reader: Early (GR Level 11)

The Elephant King

1 Find and write:

words beginning with a vowel / words with 2 syllables / words ending with ‘ed’ / words that end with ‘y’

2 Find and count how many:

king / mice / scared

3 Find and draw:

Elephant king / hunters / forest
page / page / page

Aim: To develop the use of visual

Activity:

1Make lists of words from the text.

2Count the number of times the word appears in the text.

3Find the word in the text, write the page number, then draw a picture to match the word.

Text:The Elephant King(narrative) Stage of reader: Early (GR Level 11)

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