Understanding the context of 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I can understand the authorial, geographical and historical context of 'How to Train Your Dragon'.
Understanding the context of 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I can understand the authorial, geographical and historical context of 'How to Train Your Dragon'.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Understanding the context of a text enables readers to engage effectively with the content.
- The author is the person who wrote the text.
- The illustrator is the person who illustrated the text.
- Fiction is literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.
Keywords
Context - the factors outside a text that influence it, such as the historical period, setting and society at the time
Fiction - a text that is based on imagination
Narrative - a story
Book series - a sequence of books that are grouped together as part of the same collection
Common misconception
Pupils may believe this is a non-fiction text because it is about Vikings.
Give clear explanations that this is a made-up narrative set in the context of a fictional Viking community.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2017 Hodder Children’s Books edition of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ written and illustrated by Cressida Cowell, for this lesson.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Select the definition of a fiction text.
Q2.Match the following terms to their definitions.
a person or an animal in a story
where the story takes place
what happens in the story
Q3.Fill in the gap. The ______ is the person who writes a text.
Q4.Fill in the gap. The ______ is the person who draws or creates pictures for a text.
Q5.What is a myth?
Q6.Which of the following are examples of mythical creatures?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the keywords to their definitions:
the factors outside a text that influence it
a text that is based on imagination
a story
a sequence of books that are grouped together