Rikki-tikki-tavi: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organisers

The materials provide a two-to-three-hour lesson built around the story named in the product title. Teacher objectives emphasise plot, characterisation, fluency, prediction, inference, analysis, and synthesis. Learner materials include a three-column knowledge-and-questions chart plus a pre-reading vocabulary section, while the included write-pair-share procedure gives a clear structure for moving from individual writing to partner exchange and class sharing.
Year levels
Years 5–8
File type
Multiple File Types

Updated Feb 21, 2024

Subject
Reading, English
Topic
Short Story, Fiction Text
Resource types
Lesson Plans
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9E7LE05 — identify AC9E8LE05 — analyse how language features such as sentence patterns…

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Rikki-tikki-tavi Full Lesson Plan Bundle This comprehensive reading lesson plan bundle for the short story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling provides educators with everything they need to teach the text. Includes a complete lesson plan, worksheet with answer key, and 15 customizable graphic organisers covering topics like author's purpose, characterisation, historical analysis, plot structure, theme interpretation, and more. Also includes 8 PowerPoint slide decks exploring literary concepts like narrator and voice, irony and ambiguity, symbolism and allegory. Perfect for whole-class instruction, small group discussions, or independent analysis. This diverse teaching resource allows flexibility to approach the story from different angles and levels for students Years 5–8. Files provided in editable PDF and Word document formats.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify key elements of plot

  • Analyse characterisation in a narrative

  • Prepare written ideas for collaborative literary discussion

Teaching tips

  • Use only the clearly readable learner pages when preparing copies

  • Complete preview thinking individually before moving into paired sharing

Skills covered

  • Plot analysis

  • Characterisation

  • Prediction and inference

  • Reading discussion

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9E7LE05 — identify and explain the ways that characters, settings and events combine to create meaning in narratives
  • AC9E8LE05 — analyse how language features such as sentence patterns create tone, and literary devices such as imagery create meaning and effect

Core concepts

  • Rikki-tikki-tavi

  • Plot structure

  • Character study

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