Overview and Outcomes:

This is an 20 session Literary Leaf for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis which covers all aspects of the Lower Key Stage 2 content domains.  Throughout the sequence children will be provided with opportunities to develop skills of retrieval, inference, summarising and sequencing through taking part in class discussions, completing practical activities and answering questions. This Literary Leaf can be used in conjunction with the Planning Sequence for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Synopsis of Text:

Four adventurous siblings―Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie― step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book in C. S. Lewis’s classic fantasy series, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years. This is a stand-alone read, but if you would like to explore more of the Narnian realm, pick up The Horse and His Boy, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia.

Links to Curriculum areas, other Literary Leaves and Planning Sequences:

The Planning Sequene for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

The Planning Sequence for The Lion and the Unicorn by Shirley Hughes

The Literary Leaf for Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll