Starter quiz
- What do storybooks often have in them?
- illustrations ✓
- videos
- real information
- facts
- words ✓
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- What do we call the name of a book?
- author
- illustrator
- title ✓
- illustration
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- Match these words to their definition.
- author⇔the person who has written the book ✓
- illustrator⇔the person who has drawn the pictures ✓
- illustration⇔a picture in a book ✓
- blurb⇔a short description of a text, found on the back cover ✓
- What is a character?
- where the story takes place
- what happens in the story
- a person or animal in a story ✓
- a picture in a book
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- Which of these stories are fictional?
- The Hungry Caterpillar ✓
- The Tiger Who Came to Tea ✓
- a map
- a school trip recount
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- Which of these are features of traditional tales?
- labels
- magic ✓
- fictional characters ✓
- rhyming words
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Exit quiz
- Traditional tales are always...
- non-fiction.
- poems.
- fiction. ✓
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- Match these words to an example.
- character⇔Yoshi ✓
- setting⇔Japan ✓
- plot⇔Yoshi wishes for different things. ✓
- A guess about what happens in a story, using what we know, is called a ...
- fiction
- prediction ✓
- title
- solution
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- What can help you to make a sensible prediction?
- looking at the illustrations ✓
- reading through the whole book
- reading the title of the book ✓
- asking a friend to tell you what happens
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- 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 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'?
- wisdom
- love
- kindness
- greed ✓
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Key learning points
- Traditional tales can be set in real or fictional places. This traditional tale is set in Japan.
- Illustrations can be a way to help us to predict and understand the story. We can 'read' the illustrations in a book.
- Predictions can be made based on making connections and pattern seeking.
- Making links to our own experiences is a way to help to understand the actions of a character.
- Greed is one of the main themes in 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'.
Common misconception
Children may find it hard to think of a time when they were greedy with something.
Make sure children are clear about the definition of greedy and share different examples of things you can feel greedy for. Give children opportunities for lots of discussion before Task B.
Keywords
Fiction - stories created by authors that feature made-up characters, places, and adventures that did not happen in real life
Prediction - making a guess using what we already know
Greed - an intense and selfish desire for something
Theme - a big idea, topic or message that appears in a story
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