Exploring George's Marvellous Medicine

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Exploring George's Marvellous Medicine

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will understand the main events and characters in 'George's Marvellous Medicine' and be able to creatively and critically anrespond to the story.

Let's Remember the Story

Let's recap the key events from last lesson.

Who is George?

Who is Grandma?

What has happened so far?

Is Grandma nice or mean?

Active Reading

Listen and Join In

We are going to read together.

• The teacher will start reading first, and then students will take turns reading parts of the text aloud.

Comic Task

Show your ideas with simple drawings and speech bubbles. Focus on key scenes: George in the kitchen, Grandma waiting, the medicine reaction, and the surprise ending.

Detective Task

Find a sentence showing Grandma is mean. Write it down. Find words you don’t know. Highlight George's clever actions. Be a story detective!

Choose Your Task

Option 1: Make a Comic

Find evidence in the text: Why is Grandma mean? How is George clever? What is the funniest or strangest moment? What word is difficult?

Draw 4 comic boxes. Draw important story moments. Write short English sentences. Add speech bubbles if you like.

Option 2: Detective Hunt

DETECTIVE HUNT EXAMPLE

Question:
Find proof that Grandma is mean.

Example answer:
“Shut up!” Grandma said.

Why?
This shows Grandma is rude and angry.

Share Your Work

Let’s discuss your comics and detective findings.

• What did you enjoy?

• What did you find tricky?

Let’s learn from each other’s ideas!

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.