The Cat In The Hat Comes Back

When the Cat in the Hat comes back, Sally and her brother know it’s going to mean trouble. And guess what? They’re right!

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

Write a sequel to one of your favourite books in which the main character ‘comes back’.
Use the book to create your own dictionary of rhyming words.
The author uses lots of repetition in the story. Can you explain why?
Retell the story from the point of view of the Cat in the Hat.
Make a list of arguments for and against letting the Cat in the Hat into the house again.
Look at the illustrations and think of some speech / thought bubbles for each of the characters.
Cat in the Hat has some ‘Little Cats’ to help him out. Imagine that you had a ‘Little You’ to help you when you needed him / her. Could you write a story about this?
Make a poster to advertise ‘Voom’ to others.

Count the different types of punctuation used in the story. Can you use this information to create a graph / chart? Why have certain types of punctuation been used more than others?
Estimate the height of the Cat in the Hat. How tall might Little Cat A be? Make a table / graph to show the heights of each of the Cats in the story.

Investigate safe ways of removing a pink stain from different surfaces. Which is best?

Design a new hat using the template provided (see Resources below).
Could you use Powerpoint (or other multimedia software) to create a retelling of the story with images and narration?

Design a machine that will help Sally and her brother clear away the snow at the start of the story.
Create some puppets of the main characters in the story and use these to retell it to a friend or an audience.

The illustrations used a limited number of colours. Could you create your own pictures (of the characters in the story) using only three or four colours?
Look at photographs of snowy scenes and use these to create some pictures of your own.
Could you create a picture of a snowy scene that uses pink snow (or another colour)?
Design a new hat for the Cat in the Hat (see Resources below).
Design a new dress for Sally’s mum to replace the one that was ruined by the Cat in the Hat.

Choose a page from the story and compose a tune to accompany the rhymes on the page.