Running Wild Scheme of Work

A scheme of work for Michael Morpurgo’s Running Wild. There is a range of whole class, group and individual tasks. Some are verbal, some could be completed on whiteboards or in jotters and a couple require ICT. I have included two files with cards for tasks relating to chapters 1 and 5 - the information is mixed up so that you can decide to just print them and have pupils cut and stick or annotate them. This scheme of work has been designed to encourage discussion and deeper engagement with a novel and has been used with a Primary 6 class with a very wide range of abilities.

Running Wild works really well as a whole class novel, particularly when teaching a rainforest themed topics. The noel deals with issues including death of a parent, natural disasters, deforestation and poaching, and pupils have always become very engaged with the story - even some of my most reluctant readers! Running Wild has been recorded as an audiobook and is available on Audible. My Learning Resource Services also had a copy on disc.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please get in touch at missmalyon@outlook.com.