Starter quiz
- What is an author?
- a person who creates food recipes
- a person who writes stories or other texts ✓
- a person who writes music
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- What is a character?
- a person or animal in a story that action happens to ✓
- where the story takes place
- the person who writes the story
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- What is an illustration?
- the text on the back of the book
- the words inside the book
- a picture or image in a book ✓
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- What is a narrative?
- a written version of a play
- writing that tells a story ✓
- writing that always gives true information
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- What is a setting?
- the people or animals in the story
- where the author wrote the story
- where the story takes place ✓
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- Complete this sentence: The person who draws the pictures in a book is called the ...
- 'illustrator' ✓
Exit quiz
- Who is the author of ‘The Journey’?
- 'Francesca Sanna' ✓
- Who is the illustrator of 'The Journey'?
- 'Francesca Sanna' ✓
- Who are the main characters in 'The Journey'?
- the security guard
- the girl, her sister, her mother ✓
- her mother's friends
- the passengers on the boat
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- True or false? 'The girl, her sister and mother tried to stay in their country.'
- True
- False ✓
- True or false? 'Summarising means describing each event from a text in detail.'
- True
- False ✓
- Why do the girls and their mother feel hopeful when they are on the train?
- The weather is improving
- They are going to go back home
- They are getting closer to a safe place to live ✓
- They are going to see their friends again
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- ‘The Journey’ is a children’s picture book.
- The story is about two girls and their mother who are fleeing their war-torn country to find a safe place to live.
- The girls face many obstacles and challenges along their perilous journey as they cross unwelcoming borders.
- The story ends with them getting closer to a safe home where they hope to arrive soon.
- Summarising the key events in a story helps us to build our understanding of the text and the meaning behind it.
Common misconception
Pupils might be confused by the difference between a refugee and a migrant.
Explain that a refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, violence or natural disaster. A migrant moves from one place to another usually to find work or better living conditions.
Keywords
Refugee - a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, violence or natural disaster
Flee - to run away from a place or situation of danger
Border - a geographical line separating two countries
Summarise - to pull out the key events and ideas from a text
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