making a guess using what we already know

Character, setting and plot in 'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse'

English

Exploring vocabulary in 'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse'

The theme of collaboration in 'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse'

In this unit, pupils have explored how the author shows character perspective and feeling through description and speech. In 'The Planet in a Pickle Jar', pupils will explore a text where it is written from a character's perspective, which can change the storyline.

In 'Yoshi the Stonecutter', pupils were carefully supported to read a decodable book. In this unit, pupils will build on this by broadening their reading experiences to a richer, higher quality text and read parts of the book as supported by the teacher for a wider reading experience.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the narrative text, 'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse'. They explore the characters, setting and plot and summarise and retell the story. Finally, they identify and discuss the key themes in the text.

'The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse': book club

the words we know and use to communicate to others

the deliberate use of words or phrases that are repeated for emphasis or other effect

the words a character speaks to communicate

to pull out the key information and ideas from the text

a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story

the action of working with someone to achieve something

the ability to see the positive side of things

the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties

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