LET’S START
- Equipment: dictionary (online or paper), tablet or laptop & internet connection and perhaps headphones
- Materials for the Bat: paper, pipe-cleaners, coloured pens, scissors
- Time: 20-30 minutes
STEP 1: Look at the Cover
| Look | Describe the bat on the front cover: colour, position, face. |
| Predict | Is the bat happy or sad? |
| Research | What do bats like to eat? |
| Think | Do bats like cherries? Do you like cherries? |
| Choose | Choose three words to describe a cherry. |
| Predict | Which other creatures like cherries? |
| Check | Find the meaning of the word ‘fangs’ in your dictionary. |
STEP 2: Listen and Watch
| Listen & Watch (A) | What is Morag Hood wearing on her head? |
| Pause and count. How many cherries can you see? | |
| How will bat feel if you take his cherries? | |
| Which creatures take the bat’s cherries? | |
| How does bat feel? | |
| Listen & Watch (B) | What fruit do the creatures give the bat to feel better? |
| Does the bat like the new fruit? What is it? |
STEP 3: Add your Voice
| Create | Make your own paper-bat. (download below) |
| Act | Make a happy, angry, ferocious and sad face. |
| Observe | Which fruit can you find in your kitchen or your local supermarket? |
| Research | Which other creatures have fangs? |
| Your opinion | Why do you think the author chose cherries as the bat’s favourite fruit? |
| Personalise | What is your favourite fruit? Why? |
| Your opinion | Do you know any other animals which like fruit? |
| Your Opinion | What do you think is the message of this story? |
| Share | Send your work to your teacher or share in your virtual classroom. |
THE END
©Ellis, G. & Gruenbaum, T. for PEPELT 2020
I AM BAT by Morag Hood, published by Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky 2017
Video © Scottish BookTrust
