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- Year 2
Building comprehension of 'Emmeline Pankhurst, Little People Big Dreams'
I can use reading strategies to learn information about Emmeline Pankhurst.
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- Year 2
Building comprehension of 'Emmeline Pankhurst, Little People Big Dreams'
I can use reading strategies to learn information about Emmeline Pankhurst.
Copyrighted materials: to view and download resources from this lesson, you’ll need to be in the UK and
Lesson details
Key learning points
- It is useful to pick out the important parts when retelling a story
- Re-reading a text helps to build fluency and understanding
- Searching for a "word within a word" is a strategy to understand words
- Retrieving key information helps to build greater understanding of a story
Keywords
Information - facts learned about something or someone
Biography - a non-fiction text written about someone's life
Activist - a person who takes action to change something in our world
Suffrage - the right to vote in political elections
Chronological - following the order in which a series of events happened
Common misconception
I only need to read a story once to understand it.
Often stories have lots of new vocabulary and important information. Re-reading a story helps us with fluency and greater understanding.
To help you plan your year 2 English lesson on: Building comprehension of 'Emmeline Pankhurst, Little People Big Dreams', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
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Equipment
You need a copy of the 2017 Frances Lincoln Children’s Books edition of 'Little People, BIG DREAMS: Emmeline Pankhurst', written by Lisbeth Kaiser and illustrated by Ana Sanfelippo.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of upsetting content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
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