Puffed Out E-Book

Will Hussey

• Herausgeber: Crown House Publishing
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

This book might seem to be about the three little pigs, but the pigs are just the focus of its real purpose, which is to challenge and encourage learners to immerse themselves in thinking between, above, below, around and beyond the tale's unexplored blind-spots. Crammed full of activities and diverse open-ended questions, there's plenty to ponder over, and if they require a nudge or two in the right direction, they'll find them although the direction they take depends on which way they're looking at it. Prompts and responses abound, although it's not always clear which is which; questions can be answered and answers should be questioned. Learners will develop the confidence and independence to pursue their own ideas and opinions as they think creatively and cultivate original and innovative responses. Students are encouraged to respond as they see fit, developing key skills transferable to wider areas of the curriculum - and life. This has the added advantage of cultivating intrinsic motivation and a love of learning in the process. The challenges will capture learners' interest and curiosity by appealing to their sense of fun and nonsense. Word play, puns and writing prompts simultaneously encourage the development of literacy skills. Extension material and helpful nudges mean the activities are self-differentiating and will appeal to all abilities across key stages 1-3. Suitable for primary and lower secondary teachers. Puffed Out has been named the winner of the Educational Book Award in the 2018 Education Resources Awards. Judges comments: Using a novel approach and a well-known story, Puffed Out by Will Hussey and Barry Hymer, introduces pupils to ethics, philosophy and critical thinking. It is exceedingly witty and will help create fun lessons while introducing pupils to new ways of approaching difficult concepts. It made us laugh and think throughout the judging process.

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Praise for Puffed Out

Three little pigs, three houses, one wolf … multiple meanings! Bordering on bonkers, Puffed Out manages to challenge convention, squeezing creativity out of teachers and pupils by applying the principles of growth mindsets, without mentioning growth mindsets. Clever, funny and imaginative: a creative feast.

Andy Cope, author, teacher and happiness expert

Puffed Out is completely original. Read it to have all the limits of your imagination blown away! In this guide to growth mindsets the authors have applied their two creative minds to the story of the three little pigs and produced 60 clever and subtle variations on a theme. You can learn about ‘fanger management’ or go ‘sow far sow good’ or delve into subtle ‘thinkantations’. But don’t lose track of a serious argument: exercise the mind in this way and thinking habits go ‘between, above, below, around and beyond the lines’. What next? Your pupils’ variations on ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ of course!

Bob Cox, Director, Searching for Excellence

What a porker! I have never read so many pig puns in my life. The book is so full of critical and creative thinking exercises that teachers could have enough material for a year’s activities. However teachers (or parents and carers for that matter) use the book – ten-minute fillers at the beginning or end of lessons, one-off pig projects or extension activities which are a little different (to say the least) – this book offers a wealth of laughter and fun activities which stretch the mind and promote learning.

Denise Yates, Chief Executive, Potential Plus UK

Puffed Out is a very neat idea. It shows how it is possible to take a single story, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, and to magnify mega discussions around big ideas. A stimulus carefully pondered and expanded in this way can provide hours, if not weeks, of productive speculation, debate and thinking.

Mary Myatt, education adviser, speaker and author of Hopeful Schools

It’s rare to find an educational resource that’s as relevant to the primary sector as it is to secondary and which even makes the teacher chuckle on the side! Trying to plunge students straight into ‘deep thinking’ can be a tough assignment, but Puffed Out scaffolds the process in an enticing way, starting with a reassuringly familiar stimulus and using it to sail into unfamiliar territory – where hundreds of imaginative and philosophical challenges await. Ignite a spark in your learners and have a blast teaching in the meantime!

Isabella Wallace, education consultant, author and presenter

In the manner of Ian Gilbert’s Thunks or Philosophy for Children, Hymer and Hussey’s 60 variants on a tale you thought you knew will encourage creative, divergent thinking. Written in a breezy, irreverent style – with amusing chapter titles for children and cheeky asides for adults – it could serve as a complete scheme of work, or something to pleasurably dip in and out of. Rather than simply telling youngsters about mindset theory, Puffed Out enables students to strengthen their mindset muscles in practice.

Jonathan Monk, Teacher of English, Latymer Upper School

A philosophical and critical romp through the story of the three little pigs, written in a witty, playful and thought-provoking manner. Puffed Out opens up the door to matters ranging from climate change to direct action, political systems to issues of personal and social responsibility. A rich resource.

Rick Stuart-Sheppard, Head Teacher, Brundall Primary School

Contents

Title PageAn artful note for the teacher Instructions: Know Matter  1.   Pig or Small? 2.   Law in Order? 3.   Pork Wise? 4.   Wolf Street-Cred 5.   Trot Property 6.   Hog Couture 7.   Pig’s Kin 8.   The Four Trots 9.   Ham Sandwich 10. Pig Tale 11. Pig Out 12. The Freeloading Little Pigs 13. Rasher Decision 14. Pigs and Mortar 15. The Final Straw? 16. Crying Wolf 17. Neigh-bourhood What? 18. Stick-Hay Brick It? 19. Teething Trouble 20. Foul Mouthed 21. Bacon Scroll 22. Pig Pocket? 23. Treading the Boars 24. Cheek by Jowl 25. Grime Scene Investigation (GSI Streaky) 26. Howling Mad 27. Pig-Headed Start 28. Hair Do? 29. Dead End? 30. Feud and Think 31. Fit Fur Life? 32. 99Sw9 33. Pot Luck? 34. Hungry for Love? 35. Make Believe 36. Pork Screw? 37. Pork Bye 38. Assault and Pepper 39. Faster Food 40. Cleaning Fluid? 41. Bred Maker 42. Huffing-Town Post 43. Pig E Day 44. A Pig Difference 45. Aeropig Capacity 46. Serendipiggy 47. Wood You Believe It? 48. Careless Whispork 49. Sty, Sty Again 50. Pork Jobs? 51. Un-men-tionable? 52. Inter-rasher-nal Cooperation 53. Basket Case 54. Boar-ed Stupid 55. Big Bad-Mouthing 56. Sow Far, Sow Good 57. Safe Sty? 58. Big Bad Language 59. Growth Mudset 60. Pulled Pork  Acknowledgements Copyright

An artful note for the teacher

Who knew the story of the three little pigs was so complicated, and so challenging? In fact, for decades adults have even been reading it to infants, as if it were a simple tale for simple kids! You’ve probably read it yourself or had it read to you in your cot. You might have read it to your pupils, or your own children. If you haven’t, or you’ve forgotten it because it was so long ago, this is the essential plotline: three pigs build a house each. A wolf exposes the limitations of two of the houses through lung power, but the third house remains standing. So he attempts to force an entry via the chimney and fails.