Thinking from different perspectives: 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can think from the perspective of different characters.
Key learning points
- Expressions and actions of characters help us to infer how a character feels, such as when Jack races up the beanstalk
- Recalling parts of a story help us to remember what happened, such as remembering the order of what Jack steals.
- Asking questions to the character helps us to consider key events and themes
- Illustrations can offer clues as to how characters might feel or what might happen next
- Thinking from different character's perspectives helps us to decide which character is in the right or wrong
Keywords
Emotions - feelings or mood
Perspective - point of view
Sequence - following the order in which a series of events happened
Question - a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to generate vocabulary to explain the expressions and movements.
The purpose of learning cycle 1 is to provide the children with vocabulary. Narrate how the children are feeling in their freeze-frames and get them to repeat. For example, you may say 'You look famished.' and the children repeat 'We are famished'.
Teacher tip
If you are in a school or working with a large group of pupils, assign different roles to the children to act out the entire story. Initially, they should use only facial expressions and movements. Then, introduce a narrator to retell the story.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a character?
Q2.Which of these words are nouns? She threw the beans out the window.
Q3.Which adjectives describe Jack?
Q4.How do Jack and his mother feel at the start of the story?
Q5.Match the word to its definition.
what happens in the story
where a story takes place
a person or animal in a story
Q6.Order the main events in the story.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What are the settings from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'?
Q2.Which of these is a character from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'?
Q3.Choose an adjective to describe how Jack feels when the old man hands over the magical beans.
Q4.When the giant wakes up and sees Jack, Jack feels __________. Choose an adjective to complete the sentence.
Q5.Fill in the missing key word: Different characters can have different __________ about the same event.
Q6.Which adjective describes how Jack is feeling at the end of the story?
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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