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Horton Hears a Who!

In Horton Hears a Who!  we meet Horton, a kind-hearted elephant who lives in the Jungle of Nool.

E'er open up to the earth effectually him, Horton hears the tiny voices of the microscopic Whos and promises to look afterwards them.

This proves to exist quite a challenge, but Horton and the Whos work together to make themselves heard.

Horton Hears a Who! is based on the picture volume classic written by Dr Seuss and published in 1954.

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Recommended Yr levels: F-4

Learning areas: English, Media Arts

1. Analysing the book

These exercises will assistance yous to become a deeper understanding of the book.

Read the book, and so answer the questions that follow either in your book or together with your grade.

First responses

1. If you had to choose one word to describe how y'all experience most the story, what would it be?
2. Make a list of adjectives that describe Horton.
3. Make a listing of adjectives that describe the Whos.
4. What exercise y'all retrieve of The Wickersham Brothers, Vlad Vlad-i-koff and the Sour Kangaroo?

Explore narrative features

1. What are some of the unexpected things that happen to Horton?
2. How does he respond?

Stories involve a offset where we are introduced to important elements of the story.

1. Draw the beginning ofHorton Hears a Who! What important things do nosotros learn in the commencement few lines?
2. What is the message of this volume? Explain.

Without Horton, the Whos would be in serious trouble.

1. Is this a serious book? Explain with examples.

Dr Seuss

Find some other books by Dr Seuss in the school or local library.

1. Does he have a recognisable fashion?
2. Are there elements that all of his books share? (Consider cartoon style as well equally rhythm, rhyme and nonsense words.)
3. Create your own Dr Seuss-inspired character. Draw the character in words and depict its motion-picture show.

A fresh look at our world

For this exercise y'all demand a magnifying glasses. It's time to explore the world 'up close'!

Have the magnifying glass and expect around, either within your classroom or outside in the playground.

1. What did you discover that they haven't seen or noticed before?
2. What familiar things look quite unlike from upward shut?

If you accept a microscope or a telescope, you could besides expect at things very close and far away...

Congratulations!

You take completed this department. Now it'due south fourth dimension to sentry the film...

2. Analysing the film

Overview

The following module is designed to aid you get a deeper understanding of the film.

Sentry the film, then reply the following questions in sentences in your book, or together as a grade.

Respond to the picture

Share single give-and-take responses to the motion picture.

1. Practice these match the words you chose to describe the book?
2. Why or why not? Explain.
3. Which aspects of the film stand out?

Think about the music, animation and use of colour.

1. Which images or moments are particularly memorable?
2. Share your favourite scene with the person next to y'all. Utilise the following prompts to get the discussion started:
3. How did the story make you feel?
4. Did information technology make you happy, laugh, aroused, upset or pitiful? Why?
5. Give examples of moments in the picture show that made you experience that way.

In groups, discuss the main message of the film.

1. What is it?
2. Is there more than than 1 bulletin?
3. Is it the same as the message communicated in the volume? Explain your answer.
4. What story elements are added to the film that are not in Dr. Seuss'southward book?
5. What exercise they add to the story?
6. How effective are these added story elements? Explain.

Mise-en-scene (everything you lot run into in the frame)

InHorton Hears a Who!, we meet two unlike worlds: the world of the jungle and the globe of the Whos.

1. Describe each of these different worlds focusing on colour, shape and particular. Freeze-frame an paradigm of Whoville and discuss what yous see. Focus on specific elements such every bit the employ of color, lighting, the setting and location, objects and furniture, the appearance and habiliment of the characters, the way the characters relate to the setting.
2. How practise the things you take noticed add to the story?

Horton can hear the creatures of Whoville only cannot see them or their globe. He is a animal of the jungle and has no thought, for instance, what a bathroom is.

1. Write a letter to Horton explaining what Whoville is like and how it is different from the jungle.

Animators talk about 'shots' as if an blithe film has been filmed with a camera and, in fact, Horton Hears a Who! uses a lot of techniques we acquaintance with alive-action such every bit close-ups, wideshots, different angles etc.

1. Explore some of the choices made and think nigh the effect of these choices.

Exploring characters

Working in pairs, write two character lists:

1. List the master characters we see in the Jungle of Nool.
2. List the principal characters in Whoville.

Choose a favourite character from each of these lists.

1. What is the role of these characters in the story?
2. Depict them. Why are they your favourite characters?
3. Who is your to the lowest degree favourite character? Why?

Dr Seuss has created some wonderful nonsense characters and animals for his story.

1. How are these crazy creatures brought to life in the film?
2. Are they very different from the way they are described in the book?

Exploring themes

Living Responsibly

"A person is a person, no thing how small."

1. Discuss this statement with a friend and explain what information technology means.
2. What practice nosotros learn about Horton from this statement?
3. How does Horton demonstrate his sense of responsibleness towards others?
4. With your class, discuss what you and other students have done to care for something (environment, schoolhouse community, suburb) or someone (friend, family) who needs their help. What did they do? How did they help?

Kangaroo tells Horton 'If you lot can't meet, hear or feel something then it doesn't exist'.

1. Do yous think this is true?
2. In a minor group, brainstorm all the things nosotros know about even though we cannot see, hear or experience them. (Retrieve about really small things, places you haven't been to, things that are really far away and people you lot haven't met.)

Speaking out and speaking up

1. Why does it take courage and determination for Horton to speak up for the members of Whoville?
2. Why is information technology and then hard for an individual to speak up and speak out?
3. Why doesn't the kangaroo believe Horton about the existence of the microscopic inhabitants of Whoville?
4. How does Horton endeavor to convince the kangaroo?
5. If you were Horton what would you say to convince the kangaroo?

Respect and Tolerance

1. Begin words that describe Horton'southward response to the Whos.
2. What does this tell us about him?
3. Brainstorm words that describe the response of the animals in the jungle to Horton's discovery.
4. What does this tell us about them? How does the kangaroo comport?
5. Why practise the other animals practise what she tells them to do?
6. What could the other creatures in the jungle do to help Horton?
7. Why don't they exercise this?
8. What would you do to help Horton?

Caring for the World

1. Cull two characters from the film and draw a Venn diagram to explore similarities and differences.

Congratulations!

You've finished this module. Fourth dimension to explore the adjacent module...

3. Artistic activities

Overview

Now that yous've explored the volume and the film, it'southward time to get artistic!

Explore the following activities and choose some that sound interesting to you lot.

Activities

Salvage the whos

1. Design a device that Horton tin can use to protect the Whos. Stay environmentally friendly by making your device out of recycled textile.

Mapping the ii worlds

1. As a grade, make a map of the Jungle of Nool, the clover patch and other locations featured in Horton's globe. (You could use an interactive whiteboard or sheets of butchers' paper.)
2. Draw your own map of Whoville adding memorable features. You tin can so compare your Whoville maps with other students and talk over the decisions you made.

Create a miniature garden!

Have y'all always seen a miniature garden like this? It's called a terrarium.

Horton Hears a Who!encourages us to call up more carefully most the earth we live in and to take intendance of vulnerable creatures and places. Y'all can explore this idea by learning how to care for your own miniature garden, known every bit a terrarium.

Working in groups you can build terrariums out of recycled plastic bottles. Each group volition need:

• a large plastic drinkable canteen (2Lor 1.25L) with a lid
• gravel
• charcoal
• potting mix
• minor firm plants or seedlings (ask your local plant nursery for plant ideas)
• a Stanley knife (to be used by a responsible adult)
• tape
• water

Note: This action is best run over a number of weeks to let the seeds time to germinate and abound.

Putting the Terrarium Together

1. Cutting the pinnacle off the bottle and gear up aside.
2. Place a 2 cm layer of gravel or pebbles on the bottom of the terrarium, followed by a thin layer of charcoal to help filter the terrarium water.
3. Next, add a five cm layer of soil. Found the seeds, leaving infinite for them to abound.
4. Place the superlative dorsum on and seal with sticking tape.
5. Poke a few vent holes into the bottles chapeau to let airflow.

Caring for your Miniature Garden

• H2o the soil when y'all first gather the terrarium, identify the lid on the terrarium and identify it in a well-lit area, avoiding direct sunlight.
• Simply h2o the soil when it looks dry. Time between watering can be several weeks to over a month.
• The mist you lot sometimes run into is water vapour, and the h2o on the glass is condensation. As the plants abound they cover the soil, and less water evaporates.
• Intendance should be taken treatment potting mix.  Habiliment gloves and wash your hands when finished.

Source: Water Corporation West Australia

Prepared for ACMI Instruction past Susan Bye with contributions from Jonathan Baird

Congratulations!

You accept finished exploringHorton Hears a Who!

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Source: https://www.acmi.net.au/education/school-program-and-resources/horton-hears-who/

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