Michael Morpurgo Month 2020: The Fox and the Ghost King Classroom Resource

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The Fox and the Ghost King In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch football – all foxes do. But their favourite team keeps losing and losing, and it seems like things will never look up. That is until Daddy Fox finds the ghost of a king, buried underneath a car park. A king who wishes only to be free. “Release me,” says the Ghost King, “and I can do anything. Just tell me your greatest wish.” For these football-loving foxes, might everything be about to change…?


The Leicester Echo


The Leicester Echo “But most now believe our miraculous success is down to the presence amongst the fans, at every home match this season, of a family of foxes, six of them, Leicester’s lucky foxes!”


Storytelling challenge… Can you use rhetorical questions to introduce a story? Think of a story that you know well. It might be: ● A fairy tale ● The plot of a book or film that you like ● Something that happened to you in real life Can you think of a rhetorical question to capture your reader’s interest? ● Have you ever wondered how Cinderella became a princess? ● How did the pirate get his wooden leg? Well, that’s an interesting story… Then work with a partner to tell them a story that is the answer to youR rhetorical question.


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