Starter quiz
- What kind of text is 'The Firework-Maker's Daughter'?
- a quest narrative ✓
- an information text
- a poem
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- What is the name of the author of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'?
- 'Philip Pullman' ✓
- What is the name of the main character in the story?
- Chulak
- Hamlet
- Lila ✓
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- What is the name of Lila's father?
- Hamlet
- Lalchand ✓
- Chulak
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- What do Lila and Lalchand disagree on?
- what Lila's future should look like ✓
- who Lila should be friends with
- which firework is the best
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- How did Chapter 1 of 'The Firework-Maker's Daughter' end?
- Lalchand and Lila had a fight about her future.
- Lalchand agreed to let Lila become a firework-maker.
- Lalchand told Chulak the secret to firework-making. ✓
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Exit quiz
- Complete the following sentence: Lila and Lalchand's relationship is ...
- not very important.
- central to the plot of the story. ✓
- harmonious.
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- What does conflicting mean?
- in agreement with one another
- in disagreement or opposition to one another ✓
- similar to one another
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- Why doesn't Lalchand want Lila to be a firework-maker?
- He wants to be the only firework-maker.
- He doesn't think it is an appropriate job for a girl. ✓
- He thinks her mother wouldn't have approved.
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- What does stereotype mean?
- a religious belief
- a generalised & often unfair belief about a certain group of people or things. ✓
- the right way to do something
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- How did Lila respond to her father's views?
- She did what he said but felt sad.
- She convinced him to change his mind.
- She defied him and challenged the stereotype. ✓
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- How can we draw greater conclusions about Lila and Lalchand's relationship?
- Retrieve the exact words they said to one another.
- Summarise what has happened so far.
- Use clues within the text to make inferences. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Using inference can help us to draw greater conclusions about Lila and Lalchand's relationship.
- The relationship between Lila and Lalchand is central to the plot.
- Lila and Lalchand have conflicting views on her future.
- Lalchand's views are stereotypical of traditional ideas around the role that girls and women should play.
- Lila's desires challenge stereotypes for girls and she defies her father in pursuit of her dreams.
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to understand the concept of a stereotype.
Explore stereotypes for the traditional roles played by women and men. Ask children to compare this to the roles they see men and women playing today.
Keywords
Conflicting - in disagreement or opposition
Stereotype - a generalised and often unfair or untrue belief about a particular group of people or things
Defy - openly resist or refuse to obey
Inference - to draw conclusions from clues within the text
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