a feeling of envy about what someone else has or what someone can do

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

a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience

following the order in which a series of events happened

Sequencing and making connections about 'The Children of Lir'

English

Revisiting the genre of traditional tales

Reading 'The Children of Lir' and building fluency

Reading 'The Children of Lir' with expression

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

Which of these is a theme in 'The Children of Lir'? 

a piece of interesting information from a story

If you lie often, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.

What is the moral of 'The Children of Lir'?

King Lir threw the Queen's wand into the sea.

Place these events in chronological order.

keep on trying, even when things seem tough

In 'The Children of Lir', the Queen is {{}} of the children.

Which of these are features of traditional tales?

Where do the swans meet up once the storm has passed?

True or false? King Lir forgave the Queen for turning his children into swans.

True or false? The swans found their father sitting by the lake, playing a flute and waiting for them to come home.

try to sound the word out using your phonics knowledge

What is the first thing you should do if you are struggling to read an unfamiliar word?

Starter Quiz

In 'The Children of Lir', the Queen is of the children.