Starter quiz
- What does building comprehension of a text mean?
- pulling out the key parts from a story
- discussing a story
- building our understanding of a story ✓
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- What does retrieving key information mean?
- drawing meaning from what is written in the text
- finding words written in the text ✓
- sequencing the events in the story
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- What does inference mean?
- predicting what may happen next
- summarising the plot
- drawing conclusions from clues within the text ✓
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- True or false? Discussing a story with others can help build comprehension of a text.
- True ✓
- False
- What are the intentions behind Mulan's decision to become a soldier in the war?
- She wants to be a famous warrior.
- She wants to protect her family. ✓
- She enjoys fighting others.
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- True or false? Everyone supports Mulan in her decision to go to war.
- True
- False ✓
Exit quiz
- How does asking questions about a text support comprehension?
- It helps develop our fluency.
- It helps us clarify things. ✓
- It helps us uncover deeper meaning. ✓
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- Match the comprehension strategy to how we use it.
- retrieving key information⇔skimming and scanning to find information from the text ✓
- rich discussion⇔talking to others about the meaning of what we have read ✓
- inference⇔using clues from the text to draw further conclusions ✓
- How can we infer a character's emotions or intentions?
- through the clothes they wear
- through their words ✓
- through their actions ✓
- through their experiences ✓
- through their name
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- How does Mulan show that she is feeling difficult emotions such as worry or fear at the beginning of the story?
- She sighs a lot. ✓
- She weaves fabric.
- Through facial expressions in the illustrations. ✓
- She communicates her worry to her parents. ✓
- She laughs loads.
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- True or false? There are clues within the story that let you know the different feelings her family have on her plan to fight in the war.
- True ✓
- False
- What can we infer from the end of the story about how Mulan felt once she was home and revealed her true identity?
- She felt proud. ✓
- She felt relieved. ✓
- She felt sad.
- She felt worried.
- She felt comforted. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- ‘Mulan’ tells the story of a young girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to fight in the army.
- Asking questions and having rich discussions builds our understanding and allows us to hear different perspectives.
- Searching for clues within a text can help us infer greater meaning.
- We can retrieve evidence from the text to help us justify our inferences.
- A character’s actions, experiences and words can be analysed to infer greater meaning.
Common misconception
Children may develop simple questions where the answer can be retrieved from the text rather than involving inference to uncover.
Model the difference between a retrieval and an inference question. E.g. For page 15, a retrieval question would be 'What did Mulan's younger brother say when she left?' whereas an inference question could be 'Did Mulan's brother believe in her?'
Keywords
Inference - to draw conclusions from clues within the text
Discussion - the process of talking about something to exchange ideas
Retrieve - to find information within the text
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