Series fiction is when there are lots of texts with the same characters. Each one tells a new adventure or story about them.

Character traits are the special qualities that make a character in a story unique and interesting.

An emotional arc is how a character's feelings and emotions change throughout a story.

Empathy is the ability to experience and understand other people’s feelings and points of view.

Developing reading preferences in Year 3 through appreciation of characters

English

In this unit, pupils will develop reading for pleasure through exploration of a range of different text types, focusing on genre and form, and introduction to a range of authors and illustrators. In 'Reading for pleasure in Year 4', pupils will build on this knowledge through the introduction to new range of texts suitable for Year 4

In 'The Planet in a Pickle Jar’, pupils developed personal responses to a text. In this unit, pupils will develop reading for pleasure through exploration of a range of different text types, focusing on genre and form, and introduction to a range of authors and illustrators’

Developing reading preferences in year 3

when there are several books with the same characters 

develops awareness of a range of different genres

it gives ideas of what to wear on World Book Day 

Which of the following is a benefit to reading series fiction? 

Which examples from a text would show a character is brave?

Which of the following are character traits?

Character traits can be identified by focusing on which of the following?

I like the character Demelza from 'Knights and Bikes'.

I like her because she is fiercely determined and brave.

For example, she does lots of daring stunts on her bike to achieve her goal.

Sequence these sentences to introduce and describe a character.

Horrid Henry, Perfect Peter, Moody Margaret

'Horrid Henry’s Perfect Day', 'Horrid Henry’s Homework'

Match the following aspects of series fiction to their examples in the series 'Horrid Henry' by Francesca Simon.

a person who writes the words that make up a text

a person who creates art or images that make up a text

True or False? Series fiction texts usually have a different character in each text.

What are the shared features of a series you can identify from the front cover?

Which of the following are examples of **genre** in literature?

Which of the following can describe a character's personality? 

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Developing reading preferences in Year 3 through appreciation of characters

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.