Reading 'The Children of Lir' and building fluency

English

Revisiting the genre of traditional tales

Reading 'The Children of Lir' with expression

Sequencing and making connections about 'The Children of Lir'

Expressing opinions about 'The Children of Lir'

In this unit, pupils read a traditional tale with increasingly complex vocabulary and words to decode and explored character motivation. In 'Mulan', pupils will build on this by reading a different traditional tale, exploring character and theme linked to their prior reading and experiences.

In 'Yoshi the Stonecutter', pupils read a traditional tale from a different culture and practised their prediction and sequencing skills. In this unit, pupils will be read a traditional tale from Ireland and will make comparisons to other traditional tales they have heard relating to characters, plots and magical aspects.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the traditional tale, 'The Children of Lir'. They will revisit the genre, as well as building strategies for fluency and comprehension. Finally, pupils will express their opinions about the text.

'The Children of Lir': reading

four children who become princes and princesses

Choose the correct word to fill the gap in this sentence: A {{}} tells a part of the story.

What does the Queen feel about the children in 'The Children of Lir'?

That they had been killed in a terrible accident.

That they got lost on the night of a storm.

What did the Queen tell the King when he came home and his children were not there?

It helps build my understanding of the story.

read the rest of the sentence to see if it can help you guess the meaning

If you come across an unfamiliar word when reading, what could you do?

Which of these are characters in the story of 'The Children of Lir'?

How many syllables are in the word **playing**?

They help me understand the meaning of a word.

How could phonics strategies help you when reading?

Looking at {{}} can help us to make predictions about a story before reading it.

Reading 'The Children of Lir' and building fluency

Lesson outcome