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Year 4

'Walter Tull's Scrapbook': reading

5 lessons

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  • Fiction reading spine
  • Modern literature strand 1: identity, belonging and community
  • Reading and writing texts that inform

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In this unit, pupils read and explore the biography 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'. They use retrieval and inference to develop their comprehension of the text and the historical context. Finally, they summarise Walter Tull's life by identifying significant moments.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' experience of reading around a person's real-life story, which was explored in the prior unit, 'El Deafo'. In this unit, pupils will focus on the story of a significant figure from Black British history. They explore the historical context and develop their comprehension through re-reading, answering questions and having rich discussions. This unit prepares pupils for the future unit 'Harriet Tubman: biographical writing', where they will examine the life of Harriet Tubman and the impact she had on Black American History.

  1. Introduction to Walter in 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'
  2. Understanding words and phrases from context in 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'
  3. Answering questions using evidence in 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'
  4. Making comparisons in 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'
  5. Summarising Walter’s life using ‘Walter Tull’s Scrapbook’
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