The Diary of a Killer Cat (The Killer Cat Series Book 1)

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The book gives a great account of this as it demonstrates how different the cat’s thoughts are on the situation from the typical ‘human opinion’ which I feel children would find amusing. It was probably for the best that there's a twist with one of his 'killings,' but it did make me have reservations about Tuffy until matters were clarified. Because let's face the facts here, Tuffy is able to be such an unrelenting hunter and "killer cat" because Ellie and her family in The Diary of a Killer Cat are shown by Anne Fine as obviously having no qualms whatsoever regarding letting their pet freely and continuously roam outside and with there even being a designated cat door so that Tuffy can freely enter and exit at will. are all questions can be posed in the lesson to help children think about the different forms a diary can take in itself. If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.

Diary of a Killer Cat guided reading pack by Anne Fine Diary of a Killer Cat guided reading pack by Anne Fine

And well, for me personally (and as someone who is increasingly aware of the fact that domestic cats are an invasive species and can be a major threat to and for birds), permitting pet felines to be outside cats or even both outside and inside cats is (at least for me) totally unacceptable and also environmentally problematic behaviour and that at the very least, there should be in The Diary of a Killer Cat more attempts being made to keep Tuffy inside, with me also thinking that Anne Fine as an author and as a person probably seems to think that outside cats are acceptable (with which I beg to differ and that this kind of even makes me, makes my adult self see a bit proverbially red regarding The Diary of a Killer Cat, and that my five star rating for my inner child is lowered to only three stars when my adult reading self thinks about Tuffy being continuously outside in The Diary of a Killer Cat and this all being pretty much considered tolerably unproblematic by Anne Fine). The family ends up covering up for this terrible cat by lieing to their neighbor about a dead bunny. Fine’s excellent use of humour is sure to keep children very engaged, as they get into the mindset of Tuffy as he embarks on various antics, mainly the killing of other innocent animals. I know I lose countless hours looking up resources, creating resources and copying resources myself, so if this helps you in any way, then I count that as a small victory for our educating community.My dad used to read me Anne Fine’s books when I was younger, and the killer cat books were my absolute favourites! This helps to compensate for the fact that the book does not have much substance, in terms of an obvious moral or purpose and so otherwise may not always be suitable for reluctant readers. Each day “killer” Tuffy brings another dead animal which terrifies young Ellie and angers Ellie’s father so much he nails the cat flap shut. I guess if you want your child to read about how doing whatever you want is okay and then lieing to cover it up is okay, then read it.

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The comicality, repetition, and use of short simple sentences make this a good book for both independent and guided reading.

Expanding on this, the teacher could reinforce that scenarios are often perceived differently by different people: Tuffy is unable to see anything wrong with his behaviour but yet still they are very distressing for his owners. Seven of these she describes as black - or sour - comedies, and the first, THE KILLJOY, simply as "dead black". This is a humorous book about a cat that kills yet cannot understand why his family are upset with this.

The Killer Cat Series by Anne Fine - Goodreads The Killer Cat Series by Anne Fine - Goodreads

a sheet of individual pupil questions that they glue into their Reading Response journals after reading a chapter with the teacher (again not entirely mine as I found some questions here and there). Divertidísima historia de Anne Fine que me ha dado muchas satisfacciones al compartirla con los niños. This could be explained to the children and activities experimenting with the structure and form of the book could be done – ie. Diary of a Lively Labrador, by Ruth Merttens, uses the recount form of a traditional diary to tell the story of a Labrador who enlists an unlikely accomplice to help him get back into his mistress’s good books after a prolonged period of bad behaviour. As the book is very funny, with lots of character, it would make a very entertaining read-aloud to younger children.The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Not knowing what to do with the rabbit, they then clean the grass, bits of twigs and oil off its fur and sneakily put it back into its hutch in the dark. From the point of view of their own pet to the point of view of Ellie in the book there are a range of different perspectives that can be explored. This is the story of a regular cat behaving like a cat, so you have him tell you how he killed a bird and a mouse and how his humans got all historical about it. How was I supposed to know it wouldn't be the only party around town on that dark and dreary Halloween night?