Ug the boy genius of the stone age

One day a boy falls down a hole, and an amazing thing happens when he wakes, hes in a camp full of people wearing animal skins. Ug lives in the stone age with his dad dug and his mum dugs where everything is made of stone and there are no nice things, or soft things to speak of. Young ug is upwardly mobile, always on the brink of finding a better. We will also be learning how to use prepositions and inverted commas so that we can use these in our writing. Ug starts to invent things to overcome his frustration with the stone hes. This book is highly recommended if you are looking for a humorous text to appeal to boys. The stone age furniture and clothing is barely serviceable and clearly preflintstone. And that means stone blankets, stone cold food, an even colder cave and, worst of all, hard stone. Boy genius of the stone age by raymond briggs, home from the library last night. Although people think his ideas are strange, ug wishes things were softer, nicer, and warmer in the stone age. This funny, sad, yet wonderfully lifeaffirming story is about a misunderstood boy genius who refuses to accept the limitations of the world in which he lives.

Boy genius of the stone age and his search for soft trousers by raymond briggs london. Join our teacher club for 10% off your next download. This must be one of my favorite raymond briggs picture book of all times. This means stone blankets, stone cold food, an even colder cave and, worst of all, hard stone trousers. Ug is a stone age boy who longs for soft trousers instead of those made of stone. Ug lives with his ma and pa dugs and dug, respectively in the stone age. Planning worksheets, writing templates, examples and editable success criteria for ugs diary, a formal letter to ug and a character description of ugs mum dugs. Boy genius of the stone age by raymond briggs and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Without even opening it, i agreed to read it for bedtime stories. Boy genius of the stone age by raymond briggs goodreads. As the subtitle goes, the story is about ug, a boy genius of the stone age and his search for soft. Make some comfortable clothes for ug from the book ug. Boy genius of the stone age and his search for soft trousers by raymond briggs red fox this book takes the notion of the stone age literally, with beds and even trousers being made of stone.

Challenge questions have also been included for more able pupils. Boy genius of the stone age and his search for soft trousers to date concerning the publication weve ug. Boy genius of the stone age by raymond briggs scholastic. Francis primary school sept 2018 science simple understanding of fossilisationrocks. Use these handy guided reading questions to accompany your reading of ug. Complete set of weekly planning see thursday lesson for these resources, smart notebook file and differentiated support resources senla, ma, ha for dialogue work on ug boy genius of the stone age how to catch a stone age monster aimed at year 3. Ug has big ideas about how to change things for the better but his mother hates any thoughts of change. Step back 15,000 years as a modern boy enters a stone age village and learns a few prehistoric tricks of the trade. As we read the book we will be producing some exciting writing including our own comic strips, postcards, advertisements and persuasive speech. A clever idea to have a boy genius in the stone age.

Resource used at the beginning of the topic to encourage the children to describe the stone age after reading stone age boy and completed other topic related activitieslooking at cave paintings etc. That includes the ridiculous stone trousers ug and the rest of his tribe wear. Cover of mammoth pie a mammoth breaking out of a pie. Boy genius of the stone age and his search for soft trousers by raymond briggs and raymond briggs. We will read the story and then use the story to plan and write our own stone age stories. Ug has lots of ideas about how their lives might be improved and his ruminations are wittily expressed in both words and pictures. He is the author of the hugely successful childrens books father christmas and the snowman. Being an inquisitive boy, ug suggests a series of modifications to improve the quality of family life. Best childrens books about the stone age theschoolrun. Prehistoric peoples fiction, stone age fiction, genius fiction, cartoons and comics publisher alfred a. Boy genius of the stone age and his search for soft trousers. Ug doesnt like his stone pants and wants nice, comfortable soft ones. A funny and thoughtprovoking account of one boys refusal to accept the limitations of his stone age world. This funny, sad, yet wonderfully lifeaffirming story is about a misunderstood b.

Raymond briggs to the dismay of his parents and friends, a prehistoric boy continually thinks of making things softer, warmer, and nicer, rather than being content in a world of stone. Our ks2 resources based on ug by raymond briggs include of a variety of activity packs, display resources, writing frames, worksheets and more. Ug also doesnt like the stone bed he sleeps on, or the stone blanket he sleeps under. Boy genius of the stone age i s a popular text that provides a great gateway into debate and discussions about how fair a portrayal of stone age people as basic and primitive might actually be. Ug boy genius of the stone age by raymond briggs in this multi layered graphic text the concept of a stone age is taken to extremes with everything, including trousers made of stone. The story is told using briggs distinctive comic strip narrative.

This means stone blankets, stonecold food, an even colder cave and, worst of all, hard stone trousers. Boy genius of the stone age boy genius of the stone age. The story follows the quest of a stone age boy, ug in his search for softer material. When he balks at the stone pants his father carves for him i can hardly move, his father replies, listen to me, ug.

Ug boy genius of the stone age 23 weeks in this multi layered graphic text the concept of a stone age is taken to extremes with everything, including trousers made of stone. Being an inquisitive and intelligent child, ug suggests a series of modifications to improve the quality of family life. And the cold, raw dead animal bits well they dont seem that appealing either. Maths in maths, we will be continuing to focus on addition and subtraction, using column method. Ug is a bit saddened by the fact that his pants are completely made out of stone. Power of reading year 3 and 4 book list leon and the place between 2 weeks. Raymond briggss funniest creationthe boy wonder of the stone age. If only there was a way to change those trousers, to. Boy genius of the stone age and his search for soft trousers, 2001, raymond briggs, 0224047396, 9780224047395, jonathan cape, 2001. He keeps believing that there must be something better out there.

The story follows the quest of a stone age boy, ug in his search for softer trousers. In this comic strip version of the prehistoric period, everything is made of stone clothes, the sheets and even ugs football. Young ug is upwardly mobile, always on the brink of finding a better way. Ug boy genius of the stone age by raymond briggs session two. Cover of ug boy genius of the stone age university of. Ug boy genius stone age by raymond briggs abebooks. Boy genius of the stone age and his search for soft.