made up stories with characters, places and adventures which did not happen in real life

Reading and responding to 'Lulu Gets a Cat' by Anna McQuinn

English

Exploring illustrations in 'Lulu Gets a Cat'

The theme of responsibility in 'Lulu Gets a Cat'

Thinking from Lulu's perspective and asking questions

Using non-fiction texts to recall and learn facts

Differences between fiction and non-fiction texts

Writing facts

Writing instructions

Writing facts in an information page

Writing an information report with commands

In this unit, pupils learnt to write descriptive sentences about characters. In 'Paddington', pupils will build on this by joining two simple ideas together using 'and'.

In 'Anna Hibiscus', pupils were introduced to expanded noun phrases to describe characters and settings. In this unit, pupils will build on this as well as use commas in a list. 

In this unit, pupils will use the book 'Lulu Gets a Cat' as a springboard to learning about non-fiction information texts on cats. Pupils will compare fiction and non-fiction texts before learning how to write statement and command sentences for an information page about looking after cats.

Looking after pets: reading and writing

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Who is the main character in the story 'Lulu Gets a Cat'?

In what ways does Lulu pretend Dinah is a real cat?

What does Lulu love more than anything else?

Which adjectives could you use to describe how Lulu's cat feels when she arrives at Lulu's house?

The cat does not look interested in Lulu.

Why does the author say "Before Lulu can decide, one little cat chooses her!"

Lulu practises having a cat with a pretend cat.

Put the main events of the story in order. 

The __________is a person who wrote a story.

The __________ is the person who draws the pictures in a story.

Using the title and the illustrations, what can we predict the book is about?

Thinking about the illustrations in the story 'Lulu Gets a Cat', how would you describe Lulu's feelings?

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