Starter quiz
- What can we usually find on the front cover of a book?
- video
- title ✓
- author ✓
- numbers
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- An author is ...
- where the story happens.
- the person who has written the book. ✓
- a person or animal in the story.
- the person who has drawn the pictures.
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- The title of a book is ...
- the main event in the story.
- where the story happens.
- the person who has written the book.
- the name of the book. ✓
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- Put the parts of a story in the correct order.
- 1⇔beginning
- 2⇔middle
- 3⇔end
- Match these words to the correct word class in the following sentence: 'The old bridge wobbled.'
- old⇔adjective ✓
- bridge⇔noun ✓
- wobbled⇔verb ✓
- __________ is a type of story that is made up or imagined.
- A poem
- Fiction ✓
- Non-fiction
- An author
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Exit quiz
- What is a character?
- a person or an animal in a story ✓
- where the story takes place
- what happens in the story
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- Which of these characters are in the story 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?
- bears
- goats ✓
- troll ✓
- dragon
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- What is the setting of a story?
- what happens in a story
- the people or animals in the story
- where the story takes place ✓
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- Which of these are settings in the story 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?
- grassy meadow ✓
- a forest
- bridge over the river ✓
- a castle
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- When we look at the front cover of a book, what can help us make a prediction?
- author
- title ✓
- illustrator
- pictures or illustrations ✓
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- What happens to the billy goats at the end of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?
- They become friends with the troll.
- They cannot cross the bridge so they stay in the brown meadow.
- They cross the bridge and eat in the grassy meadow. ✓
- They fall into the river.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Predictions can be made based on illustrations, what has already been read and the front cover
- One person's prediction may be different to another person's
- Traditional tales often start by introducing the characters, such as the three goats and setting the scene
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff teaches the reader to be kind to others
- Traditional tales mostly end happily, such as being able to cross the bridge
Common misconception
Children may already know the story, so therefore will be unable to make a prediction.
Celebrate if children have heard a version before. Play a game to imagine that memory has gone from their heads and just get them to use the front cover as clues imagining they are detectives.
Keywords
Character - a person or an animal in a story
Setting - where the story takes place
Plot - what happens in the story
Prediction - making a guess using what we already know
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