Expressing an opinion about events and themes in ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can express my opinion about a character's actions.
Key learning points
- Personal responses are a way of sharing your own thoughts, feelings and opinions about a text.
- Making connections between the text and your own experiences can help you make personal responses and draw conclusions.
- When making personal responses, it's important to support your opinions with evidence from the text.
- Some people may believe Jack was the villain of the story for stealing and trespassing.
- Some people may believe the giant was the villain for not sharing and for reacting in an angry, scary manner.
Keywords
Opinion - a personal view about something
Character - a person or animal in a story
Heroes - protagonists with noble qualities, often saving or helping others
Villains - nasty or bad characters who often cause problems in stories
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to think of reasons for their opinions.
Give pupils some different possible reasons based on evidence from the text allowing them to choose from a list of reasons if necessary.
Teacher tip
Keep an eye on pupils starting to explain their opinion with a reason that does not actually explain their opinion or drifts off topic. Provide sentence scaffolds as well as plenty of clear, concise modelled examples.
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these are characters from the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk'?
Q2.What does the old man sell Jack at the market?
Q3.Identify some of the key features of fairy tales.
Q4.Which adjective describes how Jack and his mother feel at the beginning of the story?
Q5.Which of these characters is a hero?
Q6.Which of these characters are villains?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What things did Jack take from the giant’s castle?
Q2.Which of the following sentences is an opinion?
Q3.Which of these statements are true?
Q4.Complete this sentence: Looking at __________ can help us understand how a character might feel.
Q5.When we share our opinion we should…
Q6.Match the opinion and reason that best fit together.
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