You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum

You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum!

“You’re a Bad Man, Mr. Gum!” is a popular LKS2 children’s book series by author Andy Stanton. It is particularly well-loved by Year 3 and Year 4 children and teachers

• There is a fantastic amount of humor – often silly and exaggerated, which many kids find hilarious.
• The series features a cast of eccentric and memorable characters, including the eponymous Mr. Gum, a grumpy and mean-spirited man.
• The language and writing style in the series are accessible to young readers, which is important for children in Year 3 and Year 4 as they develop their literacy skills.
• The books are often accompanied by whimsical and funny illustrations by David Tazzyman, which enhance the reading experience for the kids and help them bring visuals the story.
• The stories are fast-paced and full of action, ensuring that young readers remain engaged and eager to turn the pages to find out what happens next.

Main Focus: Openers Chapters 1-3

This LKS2 resource focuses on sentence openers. We have taken extracts from chapters 1-3 of ‘You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum’as a focus for the activity.

Your Year 3 / Year 4 class will have to distinguish what type of opener is used in each case. These openers include: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb and time connectives.

This resource has been differentiated in 3 ways for different learning capabilities.

Main Focus: Who said it? Chapters 2-9

‘Who said it?’ is a literacy activity that encourages children to identify who is speaking. Your Ks2 class will read the dialogue taken from chapters 2-9 of, ‘You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum’ and will have to determine which character is talking in each instance.

This resource has been differentiated 2 ways with answers included.

Main Focus: Word Class – Chapters 4-6

In this activity, your class will have to use different colours to colour code the words in the extracts which highlights the class of the words.

All extracts have been taken from chapters 4-6 of, ‘You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum’. This activity includes: nouns, verbs, adjectives, connectives, adverbs and preposition and have been differentiated.

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Main Focus: Definitions - Chapter 5 and 6.

In this resource your class will explore the variety of vocabulary used by the author in chapters 5 and 6 of the book and delve deeper into definitions to consolidate their understanding.

After reading each sentence your students will write their own definitions of the underlined word and use this word to create their own sentences, applying it to a new context.

This resource has been differentiated in 3 ways for different learning capabilities.

Main Focus: Comparative Adjectives Ch 5-9

We have taken sentences from chapters 5-9 of, ‘You’re the Bad Guy, Mr Gum’ for this activity, which focuses on comparative adjectives.

Your class will have to underline the adjectives, then using our table will have to identify this comparative and superlative versions of the words.

This resource has been differentiated 3 ways for different learning capabilities.

Main Focus: Apostrophes – Chapters 9 & 10

In this grammar activity, your class will have to insert the correct apostrophes into the sentences taken from chapters 9-10 from ‘You’re a Bad Guy, Mr Gum’ and write the reason as to why the apostrophe has been used.

This resource has been differentiated in 6 ways for different learning capabilities. The answers have been included.

Main Focus: Homophones – Chapters 10-11

Main Focus: Comprehension – Chapters 10 - 11

We have constructed comprehensive questions for your class based on chapters 10-11 of ‘You’re a Bad Guy, Mr Gum’. Your class will have to answer the questions and then make a list of adjectives that could be used to describe each of the characters.

We have differentiated this activity into 3 ways for different learning capabilities. The answers have been included.

Main Focus: Creative Writing - Limericks

This resource is centred around limericks.

Main Focus: Similes

This activity is focused on ‘Similes’.

Similes are used to describe something by comparing it to something else, using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

The author in ‘You’re a Bad Guy, Mr Gum’ has used similes in a number of ways. Your class are challenged to identify the similes used in the sentences provided and then complete the simile sentence.

This resource has been differentiated 3 ways to cater for different abilities within your LKS2 class.