There were three mean farmers, Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. They got tired of their chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys being taken during the night by Mr. Fox and decide to wait outside his hole to shoot him when he comes out. They begin to dig with shovels and as Mr. Fox digs deeper and deeper, the farmers decide to dig with mechanical shovels and tractors. Mr. Fox and his children dig all the way to Boggis’s chicken house to escape the men with guns and steal his chickens while Boggis is waiting outside the hole for Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox elicits the help of Badger to dig to Bunce’s Storehouse of ducks, geese, ham, and bacon. The crew digs to Bean’s cellar to steal cider for the feast and go back to eat with the foxes, badgers, moles, rabbits, and weasels. Mr. Fox invites all of the families to live with him and promises to feed them from that point on.
I would ask students to make a chart to show things that the fox does that are fantastic on one side and things that the fox does that are not fantastic on the other side. I would ask students to compare them and determine for themselves whether they believe the fox is fantastic or not and why. I would ask them to write an extension to the story in their journals and write about what they think will happen next in the story. After all of the students have had a chance to create new endings to the story, I would have them share their ideas with the class so that the class can see all of the different directions the story can go. I would show them the movie that is based on the book and ask them to write down the similarities and differences between the movie and the book while the movie is playing.
AR Book Finder Book Level 4.1
Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer
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