'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover': reading
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on the prior unit, 'Escape from Pompeii: reading', where pupils explored a historical fiction picturebook narrative. In this unit, pupils will read, discuss and explore a non-fiction picturebook narrative based on space exploration. Pupils will learn about Mars and the Curiosity rover mission by reading around the text and use this knowledge to engage effectively in the narrative. This unit prepares pupils for future unit, 'Shackleton's Journey: reading', where they will read, discuss and explore another non-fiction picturebook narrative based on real-life events.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to decode text fluently at an age-appropriate level.
- Know how to retrieve information from a text.
- Know how to infer meaning from a text.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on the prior unit, 'Escape from Pompeii: reading', where pupils explored a historical fiction picturebook narrative. In this unit, pupils will read, discuss and explore a non-fiction picturebook narrative based on space exploration. Pupils will learn about Mars and the Curiosity rover mission by reading around the text and use this knowledge to engage effectively in the narrative. This unit prepares pupils for future unit, 'Shackleton's Journey: reading', where they will read, discuss and explore another non-fiction picturebook narrative based on real-life events.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to decode text fluently at an age-appropriate level.
- Know how to retrieve information from a text.
- Know how to infer meaning from a text.
Reading, writing & oracy
'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover': reading
In this unit, pupils read and explore the narrative non-fiction text, 'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover'. They explore the context of Mars and the rover mission and answer a range of comprehension questions. Finally, pupils identify and engage with the key themes in the text.
5 lessons in unit
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