Where the Wild Things Are: using a rich text and the Forest School ethos to teach English and drama Surrealism This learning wall can be

This learning wall can be used to generate creative writing in future English lessons

The examination board has produced in its specification a list of suggested mentors and this list contains the old chestnuts – Stanislavsky

Learning outcomes Understand key influences in physical theatre

and in doing so they will be able to look behind the clichés

Where the Wild Things Are: using a rich text and the Forest School ethos to teach English and drama Surrealism This learning wall can beThis lower KS2 unit draws on Forest School and drama approaches to investigate the themes, issues and vocabulary in a well loved rich text. Maurice Sendaks Where the Wild Things Are was first published in 1963. Controversy surrounded it at first, due to its exploration of childhood anger, but it still regularly appears in lists of top picture books the world over. The main character, Max, has a flight of fancy in a wild forest landscape, which is a