Introducing the context of 'Coming To England'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand the context of 'Coming to England'.
Key learning points
- 'Coming to England' is an autobiographical memoir, written by Floella Benjamin.
- Floella writes about her early childhood in Trinidad in an overwhelmingly positive tone.
- Floella has good relationships with both her parents; she describes them through actions that they perform.
- Floella has five siblings: Sandra, Lester, Ellington, Roy and Cynthia.
Keywords
Memoir - A memoir is a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge.
Commonwealth - The Commonwealth is the political association of 56 member states, most of which are former territories of the British Empire
British Empire - The British Empire is the name given to the colonies, dominions and other territories ruled to some degree by and from Britain.
Impression - An impression refers to initial feelings about a person, place or thing, gained from reading a text.
Common misconception
Pupils may use the terms 'Commonwealth' and 'British Empire' interchangeably.
Provide opportunity for pupils to conduct research into the Commonwealth and the British Empire to support their understanding of the context of the text.
Teacher tip
Reading the foreword, written by the author, would support contextualising the text in greater detail.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2021 Macmillan Children’s Book edition of ‘Coming to England’ written by Floella Benjamin, illustrated by Joelle Avelino, for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following sentences may be found in an autobiography?
Q2.Which of the following sentences may be found in a biography?
Q3.Put these sentences into chronological order.
Q4.Match the word to its definition.
a tall, long-legged bird
a basic toilet
a shallow container
Q5.Match the word to its definition.
prolonged low rainfall
strong building material
public water tap
Q6.Which of the following texts are usually written in chronological order?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the following keywords with their definitions.
a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge
the political association of 56 member states
the name of colonies, dominions and other territories ruled by Britain
Q2.What is a suitable definition of the word impression?
Q3.Which of the following is the flag of Trinidad?
Q4.Which of the following are Floella's sisters?
Q5.True or False? In Chapter 1, Floella describes her upbringing as challenging and negative.
Q6.Place the following events from Chapter 1 into chronological order.
To help you plan your 6 English lesson on: Introducing the context of 'Coming To England', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 6 English lesson on: Introducing the context of 'Coming To England', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 2 English lessons from the 'Coming To England': reading unit, dive into the full primary English curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.