Horton Hears A Who Teaching Ideas. Age Range 5 1. Horton the kindly elephant has his work cut out saving the tiny Whos who live on a speck of dust no one else believes they are there But Horton eventually convinces everyone that A persons a person, no matter how small Book Author Dr. Seuss. See More Books from this author. English. Rewrite the story or part of it from Hortons point of view. Identify the different types of punctuation used in the story. Which is the most common Which is the least common Why Think of some similes that can be used to describe the size of something. Think of some similes to describe how loud quiet something is. Use Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss as the starting point for learning in your classroom with our free teaching ideas and activities. Directed by Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino. With Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett. Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community. Buy Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who Read 977 Movies TV Reviews Amazon. Title Length Color Rating Theodor Seuss Geisels Life and Achievements Theodor Seuss Geisel was a poet, teacher, and an activist. He is better known as Dr. Seuss. Could you turn the story into a playscript and perform it to an audience Write a diary that tells the day in the life of a Who. Write a newspaper report about an elephant who has been seen talking to a speck of dust on a clover. Read the story and pause at different points to discuss how Horton is feeling. Could you think of questions to ask him at that point Look through the text and find different synonyms for said e. Write a thank you letter from the Mayor of the Whos to Horton. Maths. How large is an elephantHow small is a speck of dust Think of different ways of measuring them What units of measurement would you need to use Make a timeline that shows the different events of the story. Dont forget to use the dates times mentioned in the story to help you. Horton finds the Whos on the three millionth clovers. Can you make up some Maths problems that include the number 3,0. Science. Use the story as the starting point for learning about sound and volume. How do we measure the loudness of different sounds Could you measure the volume of different noises and use them for some data handling activities Investigate ways that we can make our voices louder travel further. Could the Whos have tried any of these methods Think of things that are as small as the Whos. Could you use a microscope to look at some of them Computing. Record your own narrated version of the story. You could make this with Powerpoint or other multimedia software. Make a trailer for the book animation movie. Watch the official trailer for inspiration Design Technology. Design a device that Horton can use to protect the Whos. Art. Draw your own pictures to show what you think the Whos might look like. Try to recreate one of the illustrations in the book using a wider range of colours. Watch the animated version of the story. Could you animate part of the story, or make a storyboard showing a scene Music. Compose a tune that the Whos could have used to alert the Wickersham gang that they were real. Look at the instructions that the Whos play. How many can you identify What noise do they makeGeography. Draw a map that shows the Jungle of Nool, the patch of clovers and other locations mentioned in the story. Draw a map of Who ville. PSHEHorton says that A persons a person, no matter how small. Buy Voyagers: The First Hawaiians Online there.