Starter quiz
- In 'The Children of Lir', the Queen is ______ of the children.
- proud
- jealous ✓
- supportive
- afraid
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- Which of these are features of traditional tales?
- heroes and villains ✓
- rhyme
- headings
- themes ✓
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- Where do the swans meet up once the storm has passed?
- at the castle where they grew up
- on a rock out at sea ✓
- in a lighthouse
- on a pond in a park
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- True or false? King Lir forgave the Queen for turning his children into swans.
- True
- False ✓
- True or false? The swans found their father sitting by the lake, playing a flute and waiting for them to come home.
- True
- False ✓
- What is the first thing you should do if you are struggling to read an unfamiliar word?
- look it up in a dictionary
- look at the title of the book
- try to sound the word out using your phonics knowledge ✓
- ask a friend to read it for you
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Exit quiz
- What is a theme in a traditional tale?
- a summary of a story
- a big idea, topic or message that appears in a story ✓
- the reader's favourite part of a story
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- Which of these is a theme in 'The Children of Lir'?
- wisdom
- jealousy ✓
- love and family ✓
- kindness and generosity
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- What is a moral?
- a piece of interesting information from a story
- a summary of a story
- a lesson that can be learnt from a story ✓
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- What is the moral of 'The Children of Lir'?
- If you lie often, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.
- Hard work and preparation pay off.
- Be resilient in the face of challenges. ✓
- Be responsible and you will be rewarded.
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- Place these events in chronological order.
- 1⇔The Queen was banished from the kingdom.
- 2⇔King Lir threw the Queen's wand into the sea.
- 3⇔There was a huge storm out at sea.
- How can we show resilience?
- celebrate differences
- show kindness to everyone
- keep on trying, even when things seem tough ✓
- be silly to make others laugh
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Key learning points
- Traditional tales try to teach us a lesson about something.
- Thinking about those lessons can help us change something in our lives.
- The Children of Lir teaches us to be resilient in the face of challenges.
- Sequencing events in a story means we put them in the order in which they happened.
- Sequencing key parts of the story helps to summarise the whole story.
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to identify the main events in the story and they may try to include too much information.
Explain that the main events are the most important moments in the story. Without these moments, the story would not flow. Pick out some elements of the text that are minor moments and share these as non-examples.
Keywords
Jealousy - a feeling of envy about what someone else has or what someone can do
Theme - a big idea, topic or message that appears in a story
Moral - a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience
Chronological - following the order in which a series of events happened
Sequencing - placing events in order
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