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Year 4

'Escape from Pompeii': reading

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  • Fiction reading spine
  • Reading and writing texts that inform
  • Traditional tales

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In this unit, pupils read and explore the historical fiction text, 'Escape from Pompeii'. They explore characterisation across the text and build comprehension through rich discussion. Finally, pupils discuss and engage with key themes in the text.

This unit builds on learning around narrative non-fiction, which was explored in the prior unit, 'The Pebble in my Pocket'. In this unit, pupils will broaden their knowledge of genre and read a historical fiction text set during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pupils will continue to develop their skills of retrieval, inference and summarising to gain deeper understanding of the context and themes. This unit prepares pupils for the future unit, 'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover', where they will read and discuss another historical fiction text to deepen their understanding of the genre.

  1. Introducing the context of 'Escape from Pompeii'
  2. Exploring characterisation in 'Escape from Pompeii'
  3. Building comprehension of 'Escape from Pompeii' through rich discussion
  4. Turning points in 'Escape from Pompeii'
  5. Exploring and engaging with themes in 'Escape from Pompeii'

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