Starter quiz
- A fiction text is written about things that ...
- are real.
- are not real. ✓
- happened in the past.
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- Which of these is a type of fiction text?
- a newspaper report
- a non-chronological report
- a story ✓
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- What is the name for the place where a story happens?
- the title
- the setting ✓
- the characters
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- What is the name for the people or animals in a story?
- characters ✓
- authors
- chapters
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- The front cover of a book will tell you the ...
- ending.
- title. ✓
- characters.
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- The name for the person who drew the pictures in a book is ...
- the publisher.
- the writer.
- the illustrator. ✓
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Exit quiz
- True or false? Fiction is when authors create made up stories with characters, places and adventures which did not happen in real life.
- True ✓
- False
- A person, animal, being, creature or thing in a story, is known as a ...
- setting.
- character. ✓
- illustrator.
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- Fill in the blank. A __________ is where or when a story takes place.
- setting ✓
- character
- illustrator
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- The main setting in the opening of 'The Viewer' is a ...
- city dump. ✓
- city train station.
- city road.
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- 'The Viewer' is written by ...
- Shaun Tan.
- Joseph Coelho.
- Gary Crew. ✓
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- The illustrator of 'The Viewer' is Shaun Tan. What does an illustrator do?
- write the story
- draw the pictures ✓
- publish the book
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- ‘The Viewer’ is a narrative fiction story with elements of mystery and supernatural fantasy.
- The setting in the opening is a ‘dump’ in the city.
- The story features a magical object that is found at the dump.
- The distinctive illustrations play an important part in telling the story.
- The story ends in an unusual and mysterious way.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that fantasy stories are entirely built around fantastical elements and cannot have any parts that are based in real life.
Teach pupils that this is a fantasy story, even though there are large parts of it that seem quite naturalistic and real.
Keywords
Fiction - when authors create made up stories with characters, places and adventures which did not happen in real life
Setting - where or when a story takes place
Fantasy - a genre of fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe
Mystery - a literary genre that builds suspense and plot for the reader to solve
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