reading with feelings and emotion to bring the story to life

marks used in writing to help make the meaning clear

punctuation marks used to enclose direct speech showing the words written or spoken by someone

a punctuation mark used to express strong emotion

a punctuation mark used at the end of a question

Reading 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' with expression

English

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

Reading 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and building fluency

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

Yoshi is "poor" but works hard as a "stonecutter".

A "spirit" grants his "wishes" turning him into different things.

Yoshi learns that power doesn't make him happy and wishes to be a "stonecutter".

Order these events from the story 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'.

makes reading aloud more confusing for people listening.

makes reading aloud more interesting for people listening.

makes reading aloud more difficult for people listening.

Complete this sentence: Reading with expression...

Match the punctuation marks to their name.

If you stop to decode a word, it is a good idea to __________ the whole sentence afterwards to check it makes sense.

Which word in this sentence gives you a clue about the expression you might add when reading? "I was happier as a stonecutter," muttered Yoshi.

Who is the main character in 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'?

Identify the sentence that ends in a question mark.

Identify the verb in this sentence: The cold wind blew.

He takes a job working at the "rich" person's house.

He wishes to become like the "rich" person.

What happens to Yoshi when he visits the "rich" person's house?

Using phonics strategies when reading can help to __________  unfamiliar words.

Starter Quiz

Who is the main character in 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'?