Expressing opinions about 'The Children of Lir'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can develop a personal response to the text.
Key learning points
- Looking out for clues in the text and illustrations can help answer questions that may not have obvious answers.
- Inference skills can help to develop a deeper understanding of a text.
- An opinion is a view about something, somewhere or someone that is personal.
- One person’s opinion can differ from someone else’s opinion.
- Opinions should be able to be justified or explained in a respectful way.
Keywords
Inference - to draw conclusions from clues within the text
Personal - something that belongs to you
Opinion - a personal view about something
Point of view - a particular attitude towards something
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to make inferences.
Lots of inference skills are based on our knowledge and understanding of the world or prior experiences. Provide pupils with the knowledge to model the thought processes to then help them form their answers.
Teacher tip
Model searching for clues within the relevant pages to answer the questions in Cycle 1, Task A. Ensure children have access to a copy of the book as this is not designed to be a memory test.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2011 Oxford University Press edition of ‘The Children of Lir’ by Maire Buonocore and Isabelle Arsenault for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.If you find an unfamiliar word that you do not know how to read, which strategy should you use first?
Q2.The Queen turned King Lir's children into ...
Q3.Order these events from 'The Children of Lir'.
Q4.You must be able to __________ a word before you can understand it.
Q5.Match the following:
Q6.The __________ teaches us a lesson.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Why does King Lir banish the Queen from the castle?
Q2.True or false? The children in the story argued all the time.
Q3.True or false? All the answers to comprehension questions can be found in the book.
Q4.What does it mean to give an opinion?
Q5.All opinions are ...
Q6.It is important to __________ other people's opinions.
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