how many people have seen this film? who thinks they can summarise the film in 30 seconds?
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How many people have seen this film? Who thinks they can summarise the
film in 30 seconds?
LO: To understand how difficult it can be to free animals from captivity
Success Criteria: All: Will be able to describe some of the problems Keiko
experienced from living in captivity
Most: Will be able to explain why Keiko’s journey back into
the wild needed to be carefully planned
Some: Will be able to analyse whether or not animals should
be kept in captivity for entertainment purposes
Free Willy Summary:
Willy is captured when he is two years old and goes to live at an Aquarium in the USA
Jesse, young boy who gets in trouble with the police, ends up working with Willy and training him to perform so that he can have a bigger tank built
Willy has to put on a big performance but gets distracted by the children banging on his tank under the arena so he swims into the side of the tank causing it to leak
The bosses are fed up of him not performing so they break the tank further so Willy will die and they can claim the insurance money to buy another whale
Jesse realises what is happening and gets several others involved in rescuing Willy and returning him to the ocean
LO: To understand how difficult it can be to free animals from captivity
In real life…
Willy in the film is played a whale called KeikoThe aquarium where the film Free Willy is set is
called ‘Reino Aventura’ in real life and is based in Mexico where Keiko lived and performed for five years
Keiko was captured when he was two years oldKeiko, unlike Willy in the film, was a great
performer and had many fansKeiko had a bad skin condition, which can be
seen in the film, from being in captivity Keiko was released into the sea like Willy but it
took months to organise and millions of dollars. If they had put him back in the sea like they did in the film it would have killed him.
LO: To understand how difficult it can be to free animals from captivity
In real life…
LO: To understand how difficult it can be to free animals from captivity
Plenary
Should animals be kept in captivity for entertainment purposes?
Success Criteria: All: Will be able to describe some of the problems Keiko
experienced from living in captivity
Most: Will be able to explain why Keiko’s journey back into the wild
needed to be carefully planned
Some: Will be able to analyse whether or not animals should be
kept in captivity for entertainment purposes
LO: To understand how difficult it can be to free animals from captivity