The Lion Inside Book Companion Unit & Activities

This resource is the perfect ‘pick up and teach’ unit that can be used any time of the year! The Lion Inside is a charming story with an important message about being brave, but also understanding that it’s okay to be scared sometimes. This unit has a strong comprehension and vocabulary focus, with an optional report or narrative writing lessons sequence.

With “The Lion Inside”, everything is done for you! This four-week unit comes complete with 20 lesson plans, printable resources and activity sheets! The resources provided can be used as stand-alone activities, or can be paired with the attached lesson plans. The lesson plans consist of a variety of activities, varying between 30 minutes to an hour.

As this is a book companion resource, you will need to purchase your own copy of the text.

Over 80 pages include:

• 20 detailed lesson plans.
• Comprehension questions.
• Low-prep, engaging activities.
• Vocabulary cards (perfect for a word wall!).
• Story structure pictures.
• ‘The Lion Inside’ display banner.
• ‘Stepping Through Report Writing’ display.

Skills covered:

• Strong vocabulary focus.
• Predictions.
• Making connections.
• Story re-tell.
• Character traits.
• Cause and effects.
• ‘WOW!’ sentence starters.
• Synonym and Antonyms.
• Comprehension (literal, inferential and evaluative).
• Narrative structure writing sequence.
• Report structure writing sequence.
• …and more!

Note: This unit follows a similar structure to my other book-based units. This allows students time to develop and consolidate their skills, while applying them to a variety of texts. It also means planning for you as a teacher is minimised, as you may already be familiar with the structure of some activities. If you have not completed any of my units before – don’t worry! Any of them can be used without relying on knowledge of previous units.