Diary of a Big Bad Wolf

Diary of a Big Bad Wolf by Ben Miller

This a popular book aimed at Year 2 / Year 3 classes and follows the Big Bad Wolf on his journey to regain his strength after a long winter and finally get the elusive grandma who evades him.

Diary of a Big Bad Wolf by Ben Miller is a humorous children’s novel that reimagines classic fairytales from the perspective of the so-called “Big Bad Wolf”. The story follows Laurence, a wolf who’s been ousted from his pack and is determined to reclaim his feared reputation in the Fairytale Woods. Facing challenges from characters like the troll under the bridge, the three pigs, and Little Red Riding Hood, Laurence must use his wits and cunning to achieve his goals.

Main Focus: Multiple Choice Questions Pages 1-17

This activity focuses on pages 1-17 of The Diary of a Big Bad Wolf and encourages your class to read the text and answer the multiple choice questions accurately.

We have aimed this activity at Year 2 / Year 3 classes who are just starting chapter books.

We cover a range of retrieval question, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation style of questions to vary up the areas of literacy that are targeted.

Main Focus: Contractions Pages 27-42

This Year 2 / Year 3 resource focuses on identifying areas in which contractions can replace two words.

We have taken range of sentences from pages 27-43 and replaced the contractions with two words for your class to identify and replace.

Main Focus: Comprehension Pages 43-64

This is our first comprehension resource for the book and focuses on pages 43-64.

We have differentiated this activity to challenge all abilities in your class Year 2 / Year 3 class, help aid planning and reduce workload.

We have included multiple choice version of this printable resource too.

Main Focus: Vocabulary Pages 65-72

This activity focuses on the vocabulary used in pages 65-72 of Diary of a Big Bad Wolf. This resource covers words: nonchalantly, bounding, suspicion, weaved, gnarled, cunning and posy.

Your class will read the definition, they will then read the sentence extracted from the story, and finally determine which word matches the definition, and circle it.

Main Focus: Homophones P73-90

This is a resource that encourages your class to identify and expand their knowledge of homophones.

Sentences have been taken from the pages in the book and your class will read carefully and find the incorrect spelling and then replace the word with the correct spelling.

This resource is aimed at Year 2 / Year 3 children and has been differentiated to help aid your planning linked to Diary of a Big Bad Wolf.

Main Focus: Comprehension P91-107

This is another comprehension linked to pages 91-107 and includes a range or single answer and multiple choice questions.

We have differentiated this to help reduce your workload when planning your literacy around this book.

Scroll through the images to see what we have covered.

Main Focus: Word Class P108-120

This literacy resource focuses on pages 108-120 of the book with a main focus on word class.

More specifically, your class will identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions.

We have differentiated accordingly to cater for Year 2 and Year 3 classes.

Main Focus: Recount P129-133

This activity gives a recount of the third time the Big Bad Wolf had been tricked by Little Red.

Your class will read pages 129-133 from the book and sequence the events written from the perspective of the wolf.

There are 9 different parts to sequence and it may be a good idea to cut the sentences out and allow the children to arrange and rearrange should they need to.

Main Focus: Tense P133-144

In this activity, your class will complete the sentences by choosing the correct tense of a chosen word within a sentence taken from pages 133 up to 144.

We have differentiated this resource for Year 2 and Year 3 classes.