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Year 2

'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark': reading

5 lessons

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  • Fiction reading spine
  • Modern literature strand 1: identity, belonging and community

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In this unit, pupils read and explore the text, 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'. They use a range of strategies to build their understanding of the plot and the characters. Finally, they explore the key themes in the text and give a personal response.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of narrative, which was explored in the prior unit 'The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse'. Pupils will have the opportunity to read the text aloud, using and applying their developing phonic knowledge. The unit reviews strategies for retrieving and inferring information from the text and pupils will engage in rich discussions to support their comprehension around plot and characters. This unit prepares pupils for analysing characters in more depth, which is explored in 'The Sheep Pig' in Year 3.

  1. Reading the opening of 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'
  2. Character, setting and plot in 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'
  3. Building comprehension of 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'
  4. Understanding character in 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'
  5. Exploring themes in 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'
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