Starter quiz
- What is a narrative?
- writing that is made-up or imagined
- writing that tells a story ✓
- writing that always gives true information
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- What is a character in a story?
- a person, animal or talking object in a story ✓
- where a story is a set
- the narrator of the story
- the author of the story
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- What is an author?
- the person who draws the illustrations in a story
- the narrator of the story
- the person who wrote the story ✓
- the person who reads the story
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- Match the genres to the text type examples.
- fiction⇔narrative ✓
- non-fiction first person⇔diary ✓
- non-fiction third person⇔non-chronological report ✓
- Match the following terms to their definitions.
- character⇔a person, animal or talking object in the story ✓
- setting⇔where the story takes place ✓
- plot⇔what happens in the story ✓
- What is the definition of a giant?
- a type of animal
- a mythical human that is superhuman in size ✓
- a tall person
- an underwater creature
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Exit quiz
- Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
- fiction⇔made-up stories with made-up characters, places and adventures ✓
- plot⇔what happens in a story ✓
- summarise⇔to pull out the key events and ideas from the text ✓
- Who is the author of 'The BFG'?
- Sophie
- Roald Dahl ✓
- Quentin Blake
- The BFG
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- Who are the protagonists in 'The BFG'?
- the mean giants
- Sophie ✓
- Roald Dahl
- the BFG ✓
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- Put the sections of a narrative structurein chronological order.
- 1⇔opening
- 2⇔build-up
- 3⇔climax
- 4⇔resolution
- True or false? Most of the action in a narrative takes place in the resolution.
- True
- False ✓
- Put these key moments of 'The BFG' in chronological order.
- 1⇔Sophie is snatched from her bedroom by the BFG.
- 2⇔The BFG takes Sophie to Giant World and Dream World.
- 3⇔Sophie sees the mean giants terrorising children and she wants to stop this.
- 4⇔The BFG, Sophie and the Queen of England successfully defeat the mean giants.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- ‘The BFG’ is a fiction text that was published in 1982.
- ‘The BFG’ was written by Roald Dahl (1916-1990) and he is a famous children’s author.
- The protagonists in ‘The BFG’ are Sophie, a young orphan, and the BFG.
- The main settings of ‘The BFG’ are the orphanage, Giant World and Dream World.
- Summarising the key events in a story helps us to build our understanding of the text and the meaning behind it.
Common misconception
Pupils may have different ideas about which parts of 'The BFG' constitute the opening, build-up, climax and resolution.
Summarising means pulling out the key events and ideas from a text. Ensure that pupils know that the way one person summarises may be different to another person's summary.
Keywords
Fiction - stories created by authors that feature made-up characters, places and adventures that did not happen in real life
Summarise - to pull out the key events and ideas from the text
Structure - the order of events within a narrative that gives it a coherent and engaging flow
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