Year 3 No Outsiders lesson plan
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Text: Keith among the pigeons by Katie Brosnan
lesson plan by Andrew Moffat www.no-outsiders.com
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Learning intention: To welcome different people
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Success criteria: I don’t have to try to be someone else / I am
proud to be me / I know how to make someone feel welcome
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Starter: Ask children to describe the cover of the book; what do they see?
Why do you think the cat is in the tree? What’s going to happen next? Look at
the inside picture of the cat holding up a sign, “Give pigeons a chance” what
do you think he means?
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Main: Read “Keith among the pigeons” up to the point where he tries to be
a proper cat; “But nothing about being a proper cat felt right.” Discuss the
following questions:
- In what ways is
Keith like other cats?
- In what ways is
Keith different to other cats?
- Why do you think
Nigel and Hilda are so cross with Keith?
- Why do the other
pigeons keep flying away from Keith?
- When Keith puts
feathers on, why do you think the pigeons accept him?
- Why do the
pigeons change their mind and stop accepting Keith?
- What do you think
is going to happen next? What advice would you give to Keith or the pigeons?
Read the rest of
the book
- Why have the
pigeons changed their mind?
- What does Keith
learn at the end of the story?
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Role play: In the story we see Keith made to feel like an outsider time and time
again; the pigeons don’t accept him till the very end of the story. How does
this make Keith feel? How would a child feel in our class if they experienced
that response every day? How do we make sure no one in our class feels like Keith?
Stand the children in a circle, children face outwards. Ask for a
volunteer to be Keith. Keith stands in the centre of the circle. Explain that
in the book Keith is rejected but we are going to do the opposite; we are
going to make Keith feel as welcome as we can. Ask Keith to approach someone
in the circle (they will have their back to Keith) and tap them on the
shoulder, saying “Can I join your game?” The job for that child is to turn
around and make Keith feel as welcome as possible. Talk about possible
responses, body language. Who can make Keith feel most welcome in the class?
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Activity: The pigeons
show at the end that they accept Keith even though he looks different. Draw a
line of four or five pigeons with Keith in the middle. Draw a speech bubble
for each pigeon and a comment from each showing they accept Keith and he
doesn’t have to change.
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Plenary: The last page
says “I’m not a cat, I’m not a pigeon, I am Keith” what does this mean? What
has Keith learned at the end of the story? The author could have chosen to
say Keith was actually a pigeon inside, or that Keith was a cat who wanted to
be a pigeon, but the author chose instead to say Keith was not a pigeon or a
cat, just Keith. What is the author trying to show us about being different
and fitting in? Is there a message in this book?
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