Sequencing 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and making connections

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Introduction to 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and making links to our own experiences

Reading 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' and building fluency

Reading 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' with expression

Building comprehension of 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'

In this unit, pupils have learned how to independently read a story with a familiar structure. In 'The Children of Lir', pupils will read a longer traditional tale with more complex vocabulary in both word reading and comprehension. 

In 'Jack and the Beanstalk', pupils learnt about the features of traditional tales and their structure. In this unit, pupils will independently read a traditional tale from a different culture, practise prediction and retrieval skills and will be taught to sequence a story.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the text, 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'. They use a range of strategies to decode words and build reading fluency. Finally, they learn to sequence the story and make connections to the text.

'Yoshi the Stonecutter': reading

Which of these is a theme in 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'? 

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 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'?

Yoshi made a wish and was turned into a rich person.

Yoshi made a wish and was turned into a prince.

Yoshi made a wish and was turned into the Sun.

Yoshi made a wish and was turned into a cloud.

Yoshi made a wish and was turned into a rock.

Yoshi made a wish and was turned back into a "stonecutter".

Place these events in chronological order.

Yoshi wished to return to being a "stonecutter".

Which of these is a main event in 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'?

Which of these adjectives best describes Yoshi at the start of the story?

Which of these are often features of traditional tales?

What mode of transport does Yoshi get given when he becomes a prince?

Which of these can help us to build our comprehension of a text?

The spirit smiled because it found Yoshi's wish silly.

The spirit smiled because Yoshi gave it a gift to say thank you.

The spirit smiled because it was happy that Yoshi had learned about happiness.

The spirit smiled because it was planning to trick Yoshi.

Why do you think the spirit "smiled" at the end when Yoshi asked to return to being a "stonecutter"?

True or false? Yoshi became a king at the end of the story.

Starter Quiz

Which of these adjectives best describes Yoshi at the start of the story?