Thinking from different perspectives in 'The Three Little Pigs'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can think from a character’s perspective to understand their feelings and actions.
Key learning points
- Using 'I', 'me', 'my', 'we' or 'us' is a way of speaking in the first person.
- One way of inferring a character's feelings is looking at their expressions in an illustration.
- Another way of inferring a character's feelings is reading about how they move, what they do and what they say.
- Discussing the feelings of others helps to generate powerful adjectives to describe an emotion or event.
- Considering an event in the story from a character's point of view helps us to understand the plot of the story better.
Keywords
Perspective - a point of view
Adjective - adds detail to a noun
Emotion - a feeling or mood
First person - the 'I/we' perspective
Plot - what happens in a story
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to generate their own vocabulary or understand the vocabulary given to them.
In LC2, look at the children's expression when they are freeze framing. Then, put the description into a sentence e.g. 'You look terrified.'. The children mirror the facial expression and tone from you and then repeat the sentence.
Teacher tip
As you are generating the vocabulary, create a class word wall or word bank so that children have access to these words in future learning.
Equipment
You need a copy of 'The Three Little Pigs', which is in the additional resources for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the keyword to its definition.
a person or animal in a story
where a story takes place
what happens in the story
Q2.Which of these are characters in the story 'The Three Little Pigs'?
Q3.Which of these is the setting of 'The Three Little Pigs'?
Q4.Who tries to blow the pigs' houses down?
Q5.Order the events from the beginning of the story of 'The Three Little Pigs'.
Q6.Which of these events are part of the plot of 'The Three Little Pigs'?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the events of the story of 'The Three Little Pigs' to the beginning, middle or end.
beginning
middle
end
Q2.What might you do to express the feeling of happiness?
Q3.Imagine that you are one of the three pigs. You have just finished building your house after working very hard. How do you feel?
Q4.Imagine that you are the wolf. You have spotted the pig that you want to eat and decide to sneak up on him. How do you feel?
Q5.Imagine you are one of the pigs. The wolf knocks on your door trying to eat you! How do you feel?
Q6.Match the event in the story to the feeling of the character.
excited
proud
cosy
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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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