'The Moon Dragons': reading
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on the prior unit, 'Mulan', where children explored a traditional story where the female protagonist defies authority. In 'The Moon Dragons', the female protagonist also defies authority and challenges female stereotypes and pupils will draw comparisons between their reading. Pupils will identify the key character traits of the protagonist, such as morality, bravery and resilience. This unit prepares pupils for the future unit 'Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx', where the protagonist also embarks on a quest and must overcome challenges to be successful.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to apply phonics knowledge to support decoding in multisyllabic words.
- Ability to read common exception words by sight.
- 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, 'Mulan', where children explored a traditional story where the female protagonist defies authority. In 'The Moon Dragons', the female protagonist also defies authority and challenges female stereotypes and pupils will draw comparisons between their reading. Pupils will identify the key character traits of the protagonist, such as morality, bravery and resilience. This unit prepares pupils for the future unit 'Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx', where the protagonist also embarks on a quest and must overcome challenges to be successful.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to apply phonics knowledge to support decoding in multisyllabic words.
- Ability to read common exception words by sight.
- Know how to retrieve information from a text.
- Know how to infer meaning from a text.
Reading, writing & oracy
'The Moon Dragons': reading
In this unit, pupils read and explore the narrative fiction text 'The Moon Dragons'. They develop their comprehension and use inference to explore the character profile of the protagonist. Finally, pupils explore the key themes, as well as making connections and comparisons to other texts.
5 lessons in unit
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