stories created by authors that feature made-up characters, places, and adventures that did not happen in real life

making a guess using what we already know

an intense and selfish desire for something

a big idea, topic or message that appears in a story

Introduction to 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and making links to our own experiences

English

Reading 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and building fluency

Reading 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' with expression

Building comprehension of 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'

Sequencing 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and making connections

In this unit, pupils have learned how to independently read a story with a familiar structure. In 'The Children of Lir', pupils will read a longer traditional tale with more complex vocabulary in both word reading and comprehension. 

In 'Jack and the Beanstalk', pupils learnt about the features of traditional tales and their structure. In this unit, pupils will independently read a traditional tale from a different culture, practise prediction and retrieval skills and will be taught to sequence a story.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the text, 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'. They use a range of strategies to decode words and build reading fluency. Finally, they learn to sequence the story and make connections to the text.

'Yoshi the Stonecutter': reading

A guess about what happens in a story, using what we know,  is called a ...

What can help you to make a sensible prediction?

Which of these is a theme in 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'?

a short description of a text, found on the back cover

Which of these are features of traditional tales?

Introduction to 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and making links to our own experiences

Lesson outcome