The Fantastic Mr. Fox


Bean, Boggis and Bunce are the farmers that want to kill Mr. Fox and his family. But Mr. Fox is too smart for them. We have read up to page 20 today. The chase continues.

We have now heard how the Fantastic Mr. Fox has led his children and himself into Boggis Chicken House Number One, where he took three chickens for his supper. The three angry farmers have not even come close to catching Mr. Fox since the shot his tail off four days ago. Since then it has been a merry chase. Continue listening to the story from the video above.

Mr Fox does not just feed his own family. He takes enough food from the storehouses of Baggis, Bunce and Bean to feed all the burrowing animals: badger, rat, weasel, rabbit, beaver and mole.

Script Writing

 Can you retell this story using your own ideas?




An apple tree stands alone at the top of a hill. A handsome fox dressed in an Edwardian-style navy velvet suit leans against it with his arms folded and his legs crossed, chewing on a reed of wild grass. He holds an apple core in his paw. He spits out a seed. He looks off across a meadow that descends into the valley below. A female fox strides briskly up the hill. Her coat is a paler, especially beautiful shade of fox-red, and she wears men's trousers and a dark tunic. 


A rustic cottage surrounded by a small barn, a tin silo, and a rickity windmill. There is a sheep in a little pasture. A sign on a rail says Berkus Squab. Fox and Mrs. Fox watch from the bushes outside a fence.






Fox pulls on a little, hanging wire. A chain unrolls rapidly from a pulley, and a steel cage falls slap down on top of them. A small tag on the base of it says Badoit et Fils. Fox and Mrs. Fox stand motionless, side by side, in disbelief.



A small, comfortable kitchen off a living room with two bedrooms behind it. Fox sits at the kitchen table reading a newspaper called the Gazette. His fur has gone grey at the temples, and he now wears a dark, double-breasted, pin- striped suit with a conservative necktie. Mrs. Fox stands at the counter-top stirring something in a bowl with a whisk.








Who is your favorite character? Why?
What is your favorite part?
What is another way Mr. Fox could have handled the situation?
Why is Mr. Fox the hero?
Vocabulary
Fantastic Mr. Fox is full of descriptive words that are easily deciphered in the context of the book. Let the students guess at the meaning of the following words. Incorporate a few words each week into their regular spelling to increase their word power.
Shallow - lacking physical depth, low, not deep
Lurk - move secretly, sneak, creep
Crafty - devious, sneaky, sly
Glum - moody, melancholy, down, sad
Pluck - pull the hair or feathers out
Foggiest - blurred
Suspend - hang freely, dangle
Respectable - worthy of respect, good
Brilliant - dazzling, shining, bright
Accustom - get used to, become familiar with, adjust to
Colossal - massive, huge, gigantic, enormous


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