stories that are retold again and again in different ways that often include fictional or magical aspects

existing only in a made-up story and not existing in real life

making a guess using what we already know

Revisiting the genre of traditional tales

English

Reading 'The Children of Lir' and building fluency

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

The Queen turned the children into swans.

Who can perform magic in 'The Children of Lir'?

I predict the swans turn into princesses at midnight.

I predict that the Queen is jealous of the King's children.

I predict that the King sends his children away.

Which of the following is a sensible prediction about 'The Children of Lir'?

Which of these are settings in the story of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?

stories created by authors that did not happen in real life

Revisiting the genre of traditional tales

Lesson outcome