Overview and Outcomes:
This is a 15 session Literary Leaf for Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure by Alex T. Smith which covers all aspects of the Lower Key Stage 2 content domains. Children will become detectives as they decipher the meanings of words and phrases in context and make inferences from the clues presented. There will be opportunities for children to practice retrieval, summarising, comapring and sequencing throughout, as well as collaboration and role play as children work together to solve the mystery of the lost treasure.
Synopsis of Text:
Indiana Jones meets Hercule Poirot with plenty of slapstick humour, mystery and adventure in this illustrated novel by Alex T. Smith. The text will appeal to readers with its witty language and striking black and orange illustrations throughout.
It has been weeks since Mr Penguin's last adventure and he's been stuck at his desk, twiddling his flippers ever since. That is until the phone rings! Mr Penguin and Colin (a spider and Mr Penguin's silent right-hand man) are called in to find the missing treasure somewhere in the Museum of Extraordinary Objects. The quest finds them solving secret codes, fighting ferocious beasts, eating fish finger sandwiches and travelling deep below the museum to a lost jungle...
Links to Curriculum areas, other Literary Leaves and Planning Sequences:
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Y3 planning sequence in the Literary Curriculum) would be an ideal text to teach this alongside.
