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
- 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.
In the classroom
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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