The giant rumbledumble

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The Giant Rumbledumble Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali

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Oscar Wilde

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Young readers might well see themselves in the selfish giant, based on Oscar Wilde’s classic, who doesn’t want to share his favourite possession.

Through the story they see how our actions not only affect others, but can also boomerang back and affect ourselves. They can empathise with the sad and lonely giant locked into his own cold selfishness and celebrate with him the realisation that if we give happiness to others we feel it ourselves too. Above all, this story is a humorous look at accepting and correcting the mistakes we make in life.

O. Wilde The Giant Rumbledumble

Oscar Wilde The Giant Rumbledumble

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CHAPTER 1: Rumbledumble goes on holiday

Be careful of the flowers, Maxi!

2 Rumbledumble has got a big head and a big

body. He’s got big hands and feet too! That’s because Rumbledumble is a giant. He lives in a big house with a big garden.

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The only thing that isn’t big is his dog. The name of his dog is Maxi, which is a funny name because maxi means ‘very big’ but Rumbledumble’s dog is very small! Rumbledumble loves Maxi and he loves his beautiful garden!

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3 One day Rumbledumble goes on holiday.

He gets his bag, his chair, his boat and his camera, and he calls Maxi.

Come on, Maxi.

Let’s go to the beach!

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4 So Rumbledumble and Maxi go off to the beach.

Look! Here’s Anna and some other children.

What are they saying?

Let’s play in Rumbledumble’s garden!

Yes! It’s very beautiful!

5 The children play in the garden. Some children

bounce a ball. Some watch the ducks and the lizards and the frogs and fish, and some play with the butterflies and squirrels. They’re all very happy!

Look at those pink fish!

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CHAPTER 2: Rumbledumble comes home 6 Every day the children go to the garden and

every day they play. They are very happy!

Then, one day, the giant Rumbledumble comes home. He sees the children playing in his garden.

Do you think he is happy?

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7 No, he isn’t! He’s very angry! He shouts at the

children in a very loud voice! The children are afraid and they run out of the garden.

GET OUT OF MY GARDEN! NOW!!

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Activity Pages 1 Finish drawing the animals and plants in Rumbledumble’s garden and colour them.

2 Find the page(s).

1 The giant says, ‘GET OUT OF MY GARDEN! NOW!!’

2 One day, the giant Rumbledumble comes home.

3 The giant makes a big wall around his house.

4 Every day the children go to the garden.

5 The children are afraid and they run out of the garden.

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Find the words to make the song.

Listen to check. Sing. trees

Rumbledumble’s song When 1 ______________ comes to the garden And the 2 ______________ are all asleep wind winter The icicles and 3 ______________ play And the 4 ______________ is very deep.

Chorus heads sweep And Rumbledumble and Maxi Look out of the window and cry clean feet Oh why isn’t it springtime?

Does anyone know why?

They dust the pictures and shake their 5 ______________.

And then begin to 6 ______________.

They 7 ______________ the bath and cupboards And then they stamp their 8 ______________.

Chorus snow

4 Correct the sentences. Choose one to write next to the picture.

1 Rumbledumble looks out of the door.

2 The children are all crying but Anna is laughing.

3 Maxi runs out of the house. He wants to help Anna.

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5 Act out the play with your friends.

Actors: narrator, Rumbledumble, Anna and other children.

Choose spaces for: Rumbledumble’s house, his garden and the road outside.

You need: a chair for Rumbledumble to stand on, a toy dog and a ball (optional), chairs for the trees in the garden, bits of torn-up white paper for snow (optional), pictures of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

ACT 1: Pictures of summer around the room. Rumbledumble on his chair near the classroom door. Children in the road outside.

Narrator: Rumbledumble goes on holiday.

Rumbledumble: Come on, Maxi. Let’s go to the beach.

Child 1: What a beautiful garden!

Anna: Let’s play in the garden!

ACT 2: Pictures of autumn around the room. Children playing in the garden.

Narrator: The children are playing in the garden.

Child 2: Look at those pink fish!

Child 3: Hey! Catch the ball!

Rumbledumble gets onto his chair near the classroom door.

Child 4: Oh look! There’s Mr Rumbledumble!

Narrator: Rumbledumble comes home.

Rumbledumble: GET OUT OF MY GARDEN! NOW!!

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The children outside the garden. Rumbledumble building a wall around his garden.

Narrator: Rumbledumble builds a wall around his house.

Anna: Please, let us play in your garden, Mr Rumbledumble.

Rumbledumble: This garden is only for ME! ACT 3: Pictures of winter in the garden and spring outside.

Narrator: Outside the giant’s garden it’s spring but in Rumbledumble’s garden it’s still winter! Rumbledumble waits and waits but spring doesn’t come to his garden.

ACT 4 Narrator: Then it is winter again.

Rumbledumble waits for spring but AGAIN spring doesn’t come to his garden. One day, he hears a bird.

Rumbledumble: Listen, Maxi!

It’s a bird!

Narrator: Rumbledumble looks out of the window and says...

Rumbledumble: Look! There are children in the garden! And it’s spring again!

Narrator: Rumbledumble looks and thinks and understands.

He isn’t selfish anymore.

Rumbledumble: Hello, children. Please, come and play in my garden!

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6 Choose two seasons. Write the seasons and finish drawing the trees. Write the names of what you draw.

7 Do you like the story? Draw your face.

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= I love the story!

= I like the story.

= I quite like the story.

= I don’t like the story.