Starter quiz
- True or False? Joelle Avelino is the author of 'Coming to England'.
- True
- False ✓
- Which perspective is 'Coming to England' written in?
- First Person (e.g. 'I skipped') ✓
- Second Person (e.g. 'You skip')
- Third Person (e.g. 'Floella skipped')
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- What is a suitable definition of a prediction?
- special qualities that make a character in a story unique and interesting
- the way that a text can be presented
- making a guess of what might happen referring to what we already know ✓
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- Which of the following are examples of personification?
- The stars danced across the night sky. ✓
- The river flowed gently beside the meadow.
- The clock ticked steadily on the wall.
- The wind whispered secrets through the rustling leaves. ✓
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- Match the word to its definition.
- clambered⇔climbed with difficulty ✓
- distorted⇔twisted or deformed ✓
- dominated⇔controlled or influenced ✓
- Match the word to its definition.
- palatial⇔palace-like and luxurious ✓
- majestic⇔grand and impressive ✓
- marvel⇔to look at in amazement ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the following keywords to their definitions.
- prediction⇔an educated guess, based on evidence in the text or prior knowledge ✓
- turning point⇔a pivotal moment that significantly alters the course of the story ✓
- emotions graph⇔where readers plot a character's feelings as they change over time ✓
- True or False? At the start of Chapter 10, Floella is upset.
- True
- False ✓
- Which station does Floella describe as 'majestic' on page 72?
- London St. Pancras
- Victoria
- London Waterloo ✓
- Chiswick
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- Floella ends the chapter feeling ... ?
- happy
- ecstatic
- disappointed ✓
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- In terms of reading, tension is...
- ...to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions.
- ...the emotional anticipation, uncertainty and suspense that engages readers. ✓
- ..a question that you have about a text; it does not always have to be answered.
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- Place the following events from the chapter into chronological order.
- 1⇔Floella meets her mother at Southampton Docks.
- 2⇔Floella travels by train to London Waterloo.
- 3⇔Floella arrives at Turnham Green Station, the nearest stop to their new home.
- 4⇔Floella sees 1 Mayfield Avenue for the first time.
- 5⇔Floella begins to cry.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Turning points in a text mark the change in direction for a character; this effects the plot.
- Significant moments in the text can be both positive or negative.
- Turning points can evoke a range of emotions in characters.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that turning points in a narrative only have negative consequences.
Note other examples of turning points in recently read narratives that have a range of positive and negative consequences. Pupils may wish to share examples from their own texts.
Keywords
Prediction - A prediction is an educated guess, based on evidence in the text or prior knowledge.
Turning point - A turning point in a narrative is a pivotal moment that significantly alters the course of the story or a character's journey.
Emotions graph - An emotions graph is a reading task where readers plot a character's feelings and emotions as they change throughout a narrative.
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