Before Reading
Can a chicken go to Paris?
Why would a chicken be called Mr Chicken?
Where is Paris?
What do you know about Paris? Do you recognise any of the famous places in the pictures below?
Why would a chicken be called Mr Chicken?
Where is Paris?
What do you know about Paris? Do you recognise any of the famous places in the pictures below?
Read and Discuss
Open the book to the endpapers and look carefully at the preparation that is going into the trip to Paris. How do you and your family prepare to go on a holiday?
Read the story. Enjoy the journey! Look at the pictures of Mr Chicken in such a famous city?
Discuss:
Read the story. Enjoy the journey! Look at the pictures of Mr Chicken in such a famous city?
Discuss:
- How is Mr Chicken different from a real chicken? (Size, colour, personality, the things he does etc etc)
- How would you describe Mr Chicken's character? Is he likeable? Why?
- What do you think of Mr Chicken? (Funny? Crazy? Adventurous?...)
- What do the other people in the story think of Mr Chicken? Why is he attracting so much attention? Do you think Mr Chicken realises that people are watching him?
- Why does Mr Chicken go to Paris? Is Yvette like Mr Chicken? Do you think they are good friends? Why?
- How can you tell what Mr Chicken is feeling about things in the story? Does he ever look happy? Look at the way Leigh Hobbs has drawn his facial expressions.
- Does Mr Chicken get over excited about things? Give some examples of his actions that show he is over excited. (Eg playing in the bell tower at Notre Dame)
- Did you like this story? Why?