Sequencing and making connections about 'The Children of Lir'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make connections linked to my own experiences and sequence events in a story.
Key learning points
- Traditional tales try to teach us a lesson about something.
- Thinking about those lessons can help us change something in our lives.
- The Children of Lir teaches us to be resilient in the face of challenges.
- Sequencing events in a story means we put them in the order in which they happened.
- Sequencing key parts of the story helps to summarise the whole story.
Keywords
Jealousy - a feeling of envy about what someone else has or what someone can do
Theme - a big idea, topic or message that appears in a story
Moral - a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience
Chronological - following the order in which a series of events happened
Sequencing - placing events in order
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to identify the main events in the story and they may try to include too much information.
Explain that the main events are the most important moments in the story. Without these moments, the story would not flow. Pick out some elements of the text that are minor moments and share these as non-examples.
Teacher tip
Some children may find it difficult to think of six main events in the story. You could provide images of the key moments in the story. Ask them to sequence these events and then write a sentence to summarise each moment.
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.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.In 'The Children of Lir', the Queen is of the children.
Q2.Which of these are features of traditional tales?
Q3.Where do the swans meet up once the storm has passed?
Q4.True or false? King Lir forgave the Queen for turning his children into swans.
Q5.True or false? The swans found their father sitting by the lake, playing a flute and waiting for them to come home.
Q6.What is the first thing you should do if you are struggling to read an unfamiliar word?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a theme in a traditional tale?
Q2.Which of these is a theme in 'The Children of Lir'?
Q3.What is a moral?
Q4.What is the moral of 'The Children of Lir'?
Q5.Place these events in chronological order.
Q6.How can we show resilience?
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