When Willy Went To The Wedding

When Willy is told he’s not allowed to bring his pets to his sister’s wedding, despite his promise, they turn up anyway… with disastrous results!

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

Write a set of instructions to teach people how to look after one of Willy’s pets.
Retell the story from Willy’s point of view.
Write a diary entry from the point of view of one of the animals that went to the wedding.
Think of some speech / thought bubbles and captions to accompany the illustrations.
Write a new page for the story in which another of Willy’s pets causes trouble at the wedding.
Retell the story from the point of view of Willy’s aunt.
The wedding had ‘disastrous’ results. Can you think of synonyms for ‘disastrous’?
Write a new story about a pet that goes somewhere that it shouldn’t normally go!
Make a list of persuasive arguments for and against owning pets.

How many pets does Willy have? How many legs / tails / eyes do they have in total?
Create a survey to find out the favourite pets of the children in your class.

Use publishing software to design some invitations for Willy’s sister’s wedding.

Find out how weddings are celebrated by different religions.
Describe a wedding that you have attended in the past. How is it similar / different from the one in the story?