Episodes in the story

  • We watched the film Goodnight Mr Tom.  The Guided Reading group read some parts of the story.

    First we thought about the important parts of the story.  We listed a lot of episodes before selecting our final six parts.

    There are the following episodes in the story:

    Sadness - Mr Tom before Will arrives

    Will arrives

    Will is scared of the dog

    Will goes to school - and is put with the youngest children

    Tom complains

    Will wets the bed

    Tom sees the welts on Will's back

    Will meets Zach

    Tom plays the keyboard and leads the choir

    Will draws pictures and Tom sees some talent

    He draws the eagle lectern in the church

    Birthday surprise party

    Will learns to read and write with Tom's help

    They make an air raid shelter

    Will sees the trucks with wounded soldiers

    Will and his friends go to Spooky Cott

    Will goes back to his house in London

    Will gets locked under the stairs in London

    Tom finds the belt and throws it away

    Tom goes to London

    The air raid and Tom goes into the shelter

    Tom finds Will (the dog senses that he is there)

    Will's baby sister dies

    Zach goes to London

    Tom kidnaps Will

    We hear that Zach has died in London

    Will's Mum dies

    Will's nightmares about the man in London

    Tom adopts Will as his son

    Mrs H finds out her husband is alive

    Mrs H has a baby

    Will learns to ride a bike