Starter quiz
- Match the term to its definition.
- title⇔name of something, such as a story ✓
- author⇔a person who writes the words of a story ✓
- illustrator⇔a person who draws the pictures in a story ✓
- illustration⇔the drawings in a story ✓
- What is a prediction?
- what a story is about
- a guess using what we know about what a story might be about ✓
- where a story happens
- the people or animals in a story
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- Which word can you use to explain why you think something?
- because ✓
- and
- or
- when
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- Which of these are adjectives to describe someone's appearance?
- tall ✓
- happy
- old ✓
- curious
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- Which of these are adjectives to describe someone's personality?
- tall
- happy ✓
- old
- curious ✓
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- Which of these can we use to make a prediction?
- the year a story comes out
- the front cover ✓
- title ✓
- knowledge about the topic ✓
- illustrations ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which of these things are on the front cover of 'Ada Twist, Scientist' by Andrea Beaty?
- the title ✓
- illustration of a girl and a boy ✓
- illustration of a dog
- the author's name ✓
- an explanation about what the book is about
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- Which of these adjectives describe how 'Ada Twist' looks on the front cover?
- bored
- interested ✓
- curious ✓
- unhappy
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- Which of these statements are true about making predictions?
- I can use the illustrations and the title to help me make a prediction. ✓
- Every person's prediction has to be the same.
- I can link knowledge of the world that I know to help me make a prediction. ✓
- I can think of other books written by the same author to make a prediction. ✓
- You always make a prediction after reading the whole book.
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- Which of these are stories by Andrea Beaty?
- 'Ada Twist, Scientist' ✓
- 'The Gruffalo'
- 'Rosie Revere, Engineer' ✓
- 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
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- Match the part of the front cover to its description from 'Ada Twist, Scientist' by Andrea Beaty.
- title⇔'Ada Twist, Scientist' ✓
- author⇔Andrea Beaty ✓
- illustration⇔a little girl with science goggles and a boy looking confused ✓
- illustrator⇔David Roberts ✓
- Match the character's name to the job.
- 'Ada Twist'⇔scientist ✓
- 'Lila Greer'⇔teacher of the year ✓
- 'Rosie Revere'⇔engineer ✓
- 'Sofia Valdez'⇔future prez ✓
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Key learning points
- Predictions about the plot can be made using the front cover, title, illustrations and what we know
- A front cover shares the title, "Ada Twist, Scientist", the author, Andrea Beaty and illustrations
- Sometimes, authors write a range of books with similarities
- Looking at other books by the same author can help us to make links
- Front covers and our own interests help us to decide which books we'd most like to read
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to link their own knowledge of the world to the texts to support their predictions.
Link the titles of the texts to what you have done in school, e.g. 'We drew symbols in our science experiment', 'A president is someone who leads something like our headteacher or the pupil council' etc.
Keywords
Character - a person or animal in a story
Plot - what happens in a story
Prediction - making a guess using what we know
Illustration - a picture in a book
Author - an author is responsible for crafting the words that make up a text.
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