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Year 2

'Grandad's Island': book club

3 lessons

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  • Book Club
  • Modern literature strand 1: identity, belonging and community

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In this unit, pupils read and explore the picture book, 'Grandad's Island'. They explore the characters, setting and plot and share their thoughts and opinions on the story. Finally, they identify and discuss the key themes of family and separation.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' exploration of key themes of love and family, which were explored in the prior unit 'And Tango Makes Three'. In this unit, pupils will further consider and discuss what it means to be a family. Pupils will explore the new vocabulary from the text and learn how illustrations can help to communicate meaning. They will also practise reading with expression. In this unit, pupils continue to develop their personal responses to a text, which will prepare them for further exploration and discussion around themes in the future unit, 'Leaf'.

  1. Character, setting and plot in 'Grandad's Island'
  2. Exploring vocabulary in 'Grandad's Island'
  3. The theme of family in 'Grandad's Island'
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