Thinking from the character's perspective in 'Anna Hibiscus' Song'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can think from someone else's perspective.
Key learning points
- One way of inferring a character's feelings is looking at their expressions in an illustration
- One way of inferring a character's feelings is reading about how they move, what they do and what they say
- Discussing the feelings of others helps to generate powerful adjectives to describe an emotion or event
- Using 'I', 'me', 'my', 'we' or 'us' is a way of speaking in the first person
Keywords
Perspective - a point of view
Adjective - describes a noun
Emotion - a feeling or mood
First person - the 'I/we' perspective
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to recall the event of the story to be able to express that part.
When you are re-reading the story at the start of the lesson, model the expression of the characters as you are reading and drip-feed in some vocabulary that you could use.
Teacher tip
Get pupils to repeat 'I look ...' sentences so they have an opportunity to say newly introduced vocabulary. e.g. the children mirror the facial expression and tone and repeat 'I look energetic!'.
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2012 Walker Books edition of 'Anna Hibiscus' Song' by Atinuke.
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Who is the main character in the story?
Q2.Where is the setting of the story?
Q3.Which of these explains the meaning of emotions?
Q4.Complete this sentence. Words that describe nouns, including emotions are called ...
Q5.Which adjectives could you use to describe Anna during the story?
Q6.Match the term to its example from the story 'Anna Hibiscus' Song'
Anna
Nigeria, Africa
Anna wants to find out what her family do when they are happy
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Imagine you are Anna. What did Uncle Tunde tell you that he does when he feels happy?
Q2.Imagine you are Anna. What did the Cousins tell you that they do when they feel happy?
Q3.Which is another adjective you could use to describe feeling calm?
Q4.What inspired Anna to sing a song?
Q5.Which of these words would you use if you were speaking from your own perspective about yourself?
Q6.Match the feelings of Anna at different points in the story.
calm
strong
active
To help you plan your 1 English lesson on: Thinking from the character's perspective in 'Anna Hibiscus' Song', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 1 English lesson on: Thinking from the character's perspective in 'Anna Hibiscus' Song', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 1 English lessons from the 'Anna Hibiscus' Song': reading and writing unit, dive into the full primary English curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.