Starter quiz
- What does 'building comprehension' mean?
- being able to read the words on the page
- learning to retell the story in detail
- developing an understanding of the story ✓
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- If you find an unfamiliar word that you do not know how to read, which strategy should you use first?
- phonics strategies to decode the word ✓
- a dictionary to find its meaning
- ask someone for help
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- What does it mean to 'retrieve' when reading a story?
- to make a prediction about what is going to happen next
- to find and take a piece of information directly from the text ✓
- to draw your own conclusion about the meaning of the text
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- What does it mean to 'infer' when reading?
- to retrieve something explicitly written in the text
- to retell the key events from the story
- to draw meaning or conclusions from the words in a story ✓
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- Why is it good to talk about and discuss books with other people?
- It can help you understand the story. ✓
- It helps you read the words.
- You can hear others' ideas and perspectives and develop your own. ✓
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- What does 'identity' mean?
- what we like
- the different aspects that make up who we are ✓
- where we live
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Exit quiz
- Which statement best summarises 'The Proudest Blue'?
- It tells the story of a young Muslim girl getting her first hijab.
- It tells the story of two sisters' first day back at school.
- It tells the story of two sisters remaining proud of their muslim identity. ✓
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- What causes some children to bully and be unkind to Asiya?
- They don't like her personality.
- They view her hijab as different. ✓
- Asiya is mean to them.
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- What does Faiza compare Asiya's hijab to in order to demonstrate the normality and beauty of it?
- the skies ✓
- the playground
- the sea ✓
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- Which strategies do we use when retrieving key information from the text?
- skimming ✓
- reading the whole text
- scanning for keywords ✓
- summarising
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- Which strategies do you use when inferring meaning from a story?
- searching for a specific word
- searching for clues within the text ✓
- asking 'what does this clue tell me?' ✓
- taking exact words from the text
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- How is having rich discussion beneficial for building comprehension?
- It is fun.
- It offers opportunities for hearing different perspectives. ✓
- It means we don't have to read the story again.
- It helps us clarify and understand things. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- We use a range of strategies to build comprehension of a text.
- Skimming and scanning can help us to retrieve key information.
- We can use inference to draw conclusions about the text by searching for clues.
- Discussing the text with others improves our understanding and offers opportunities for hearing different perspectives.
- 'The Proudest Blue' challenges negative ideas around 'difference' and encourages pride of expressing religious identity.
Common misconception
Children may find it hard to understand how authorial word choice conveys deeper messaging throughout the story. E.g. 'whisper'.
Spend time discussing and exploring deeper meaning. For example ask the children to consider when or why they use a 'whisper'. Analyse how this is linked to the character's emotions.
Keywords
Identity - the different aspects that make up who we are
Comprehension - our understanding of the text
Retrieve - to find information within the text
Inference - to draw conclusions from clues within the text
Discussion - the process of talking about something to exchange ideas
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