a non-fiction text written about someone’s life

the surrounding details that help you understand what you're reading

the reason the text was written and the desired impact

holding unfair and unreasonable opinions or feelings based on limited thought and knowledge

treating a person or group of people differently and unfairly because of a certain characteristic

Introduction to Walter in 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'

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Understanding words and phrases from context in 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'

Answering questions using evidence in 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'

Making comparisons in 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'

Summarising Walter’s life using ‘Walter Tull’s Scrapbook’

In ’Walter Tull's Scrapbook: reading’, pupils focused on significant figure from Black British history. In ’Harriet Tubman: biographical writing’ pupils will examine the life of Harriet Tubman and the impact she had on Black American History.

In ’El Deafo: book club’, pupils focused on a graphic novel memoir of author Cece Bell's life. In ’Walter Tull's Scrapbook: reading’ pupils will examine the life of Walter Tull and the impact he had on Black British History.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the biography 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'. They use retrieval and inference to develop their comprehension of the text and the historical context. Finally, they summarise Walter Tull's life by identifying significant moments.

'Walter Tull's Scrapbook': reading

An opinion is a personal view about something.

Historical context refers to the background information that existed at a specific period in history.

Reading fluency refers to the ability to read a text accurately, smoothly, and with appropriate expression.

Reading with expression means reading with feelings and emotion to bring the words to life.

Retrieval is finding key details or information in the text and extracting them.

Inference means to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions.

Evidence is the information from a text that can support or justify our reasoning.

A similarity is when two or more things share similar traits.

A difference is when two or more things have features that set them apart from one another.

Comparing involves identifying similarities between two or more things, ideas, themes, or texts.

Contrasting involves identifying differences between two or more things, ideas, concepts, or texts.

Adversity can be described as challenges, prejudice, and hardships a person has had to confront and overcome in their life.

To summarise means to pull out the key information and ideas from the text.

To inspire is to motivate or encourage through positive influence or example.

Legacy is the long-lasting impact of particular events and actions that took place in the past, or in a person’s life.

An epitaph is a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died.

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