Starter quiz
- Tranio's father is called...?
- Marcus
- Dion ✓
- Lucius
- Titus
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- What job does Tranio's father have?
- senator
- gladiator
- actor ✓
- farmer
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- Which is the correct spelling for the setting of the text?
- Pompai
- Pompeii ✓
- Pompey
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- What profession does Livia's family have?
- baker ✓
- teacher
- artist
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- Which mountain is located near to the city of Pompeii?
- Etna
- Vesuvius ✓
- Somma
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- Sequence the following events from the text in chronological order.
- 1⇔Tranio is staring out of the window, listening to the streets below.
- 2⇔Tranio plays a game of Jacks with Livia.
- 3⇔Tremors shake the earth and damage the theatre.
- 4⇔The sky is darkened by ash.
- 5⇔Mount Vesuvius erupts.
Exit quiz
- Match the keywords to their definitions.
- retrieval⇔finding key details or information in the text and extracting them ✓
- inference⇔to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions ✓
- skimming⇔quickly glancing over a text for the main ideas and key points ✓
- Which of the following is a suitable definition of the term scanning?
- the ability to read a text accurately, smoothly, with appropriate expression
- rapidly searching a text for specific information or keywords ✓
- identifying similarities between two or more things, ideas, concepts, or texts
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- __________ is the information from a text that can support or justify our reasoning.
- A caption
- Layout
- Evidence ✓
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- True or False? Inferring meaning can only be made through the illustrations.
- True
- False ✓
- What is a tremor?
- a loud, deafening noise
- a foul smell
- a shaking or vibrating movement of the earth's surface ✓
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- Which of the following signs do Tranio and Livia notice that tell them that something bad is about to happen?
- The actors return to rehearsal.
- The politicians made speeches in the Forum.
- Livia's goat runs away. ✓
- The sky darkens - it fills with ash. ✓
- Birds fly into the woodland. ✓
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Worksheet
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Skimming and scanning are crucial skills when it comes to quickly retrieving information from texts.
- Readers can infer by using clues from within the text to draw conclusions.
- Evidence from the text can be used to develop answers to questions and support reasoning.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it challenging to infer why citizens might take little or no notice of the tremors.
Explain that the scientific study of volcanoes was not as it is today. Being near to a tectonic plate, Italy would have experienced earthquakes. Therefore, many people would have not treated the first signs of eruption as the danger it was.
Keywords
Retrieval - Retrieval is finding key details or information in the text and extracting them.
Skimming - Skimming is quickly glancing over text for main ideas and key points.
Scanning - Scanning is rapidly searching text for specific information or keywords.
Inference - Inference means to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions.
Evidence - Evidence is the information from a text that can support or justify our reasoning.