Starter quiz
- Match the details from the text.
- characters⇔Tranio and Livia ✓
- plot⇔the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 ✓
- setting⇔Pompeii ✓
- What form is 'Escape from Pompeii' presented in?
- graphic novel
- poetry collection
- picturebook ✓
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- What genre best fits 'Escape from Pompeii'?
- historical fiction ✓
- science fiction
- fantasy
- humour
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- Which of the following best describes a theme within a text?
- a person’s reasons for doing something
- a point in the narrative where the excitement reaches its highest point
- a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story. ✓
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- True or False? Tranio and Livia return to the mountain to pay their respects.
- True ✓
- False
- Order the following story structure elements.
- 1⇔opening
- 2⇔build-up
- 3⇔climax
- 4⇔resolution
Exit quiz
- Match the keywords to their definitions.
- remembrance⇔thinking about and honouring people or events from the past ✓
- fluency⇔the ability to read a text accurately, smoothly and with expression ✓
- convey⇔means to communicate a message to the reader directly or indirectly ✓
- Reading with expression means...
- reading at the same pace.
- reading with feelings and emotion to bring the words to life. ✓
- reading at the same volume.
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- Reading fluency refers to being able to read...
- ...with expression. ✓
- ...loudly.
- ...smoothly. ✓
- ...accurately. ✓
- ...each syllable.
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- Which of the following are some of the important features of reading fluency?
- still or neutral expression
- the same tone on every word
- facial expressions ✓
- emphasis on certain phrases or speech ✓
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- True or false? Themes are explicitly stated within a text.
- True
- False ✓
- Select the themes that might be found in 'Escape from Pompeii'.
- rememberance ✓
- survival ✓
- good vs evil
- space
- loss ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story.
- Themes can leave us with ideas and questions that we reflect on after reading the text.
- The theme of remembrance is conveyed through Tranio and Livia’s return to the mountain in the resolution.
- Fluent readers can process text swiftly and efficiently.
Common misconception
Less confident readers may find reading aloud challenging in a whole class context.
More confident readers could be partnered up with lesser-confident pupils, with a copy of the two double page spreads to refer to.
Keywords
Remembrance - Remembrance is thinking about and honouring people or events from the past.
Fluency - Reading fluency refers to the ability to read a text accurately, smoothly and with appropriate expression.
Expression - Reading with expression means reading with feelings and emotion to bring the words to life.
Convey - To convey means to communicate a message to the reader directly or indirectly.
Theme - A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story.
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