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Year 5

'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story': reading

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  • Fiction reading spine
  • Reading and writing texts that inform

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In this unit, pupils read and explore the historical fiction text, 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story'. They explore characterisation across the text and compare perspectives. Finally, pupils engage with the key theme of inequality and explore the legacy of the suffragettes.

This unit builds on the prior unit, 'Escape from Pompeii: reading', where pupils read a fictionalised retelling of a historical event. In this unit, pupils will read about history through an imagined perspective, one which the author has researched extensively. Pupils continue to develop their inference skills by using evidence and will explore characterisation and perspectives. This unit prepares pupils for the future unit, 'Harriet Tubman: biographical writing', where they will write to inform about a significant person's life, including the impact they had and legacy they left behind.

  1. Introducing the context of 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story'
  2. Exploring characterisation in 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story'
  3. Exploring perspective in 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story'
  4. Building comprehension of 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story' through rich discussions
  5. Exploring legacy and the suffragette movement in 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story'
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