the point of view where the narrator of the story is the ‘I’ character, providing a personal account of events or experiences

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

a conclusion drawn from information and evidence in a text.

Gathering evidence about characters and their relationships

English

Inferring characters’ thoughts and motives

Exploring relationships and perspectives

Making comparisons

Exploring concepts and themes in 'A Kind of Spark'

In 'A Kind of Spark’ pupils explored characterisation through the lens of a neurodiverse individual. In ’When the Sky Falls’, pupils will explore a historical setting through the perspective of a young boy.

In 'Girl of Ink and Stars’ pupils read a narrative with a strong-willed, female protagonist in a magical setting. In ’A Kind of Spark’ pupils read through the lens of a female protagonist in a contemporary, modern Scottish setting.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the novel, 'A Kind of Spark'. They gather evidence about the characters by inferring from the text and compare characters both within and between texts. Finally, pupils explore the key concepts and themes from the text.

'A Kind of Spark': reading

use clues from within a text to draw conclusions

get inside a character’s head to try and understand their feelings and points of view

connections and interactions between individuals within a narrative

information or facts that show something is true

give an explanation or evidence to support our view

the conscious decisions an author makes to use certain words to have a certain effect or convey a certain meaning to the reader

identify similarities and differences between two things, ideas, concepts or texts

an abstract idea like ‘hope’ or ‘fairness’

a central idea of a text that the author wants us to think deeply about

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