'Wonder': book club
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Why this why now
This unit builds on the prior unit, 'Front Desk: book club', where pupils developed a personal response to a text exploring migration. In this unit, pupils will read a text about disability, bullying and acceptance, developing their own personal responses. Pupils will make connections and recommendations, enhancing the reading experience and broadening their understanding of literature. This unit prepares pupils for the future unit, 'The Final Year', where they will explore different perspectives around themes of identity, family and self-expression, written in the form of a verse novel.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Have read or have listened to the book 'Wonder'.
- Ability to decode text fluently at an age-appropriate level.
- Ability to retrieve specific information from a text to deepen text understanding and analysis.
- Ability to infer meaning to draw broader conclusions about the text as a whole.
- Narratives can take different forms dependent upon authorial intent.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit builds on the prior unit, 'Front Desk: book club', where pupils developed a personal response to a text exploring migration. In this unit, pupils will read a text about disability, bullying and acceptance, developing their own personal responses. Pupils will make connections and recommendations, enhancing the reading experience and broadening their understanding of literature. This unit prepares pupils for the future unit, 'The Final Year', where they will explore different perspectives around themes of identity, family and self-expression, written in the form of a verse novel.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Have read or have listened to the book 'Wonder'.
- Ability to decode text fluently at an age-appropriate level.
- Ability to retrieve specific information from a text to deepen text understanding and analysis.
- Ability to infer meaning to draw broader conclusions about the text as a whole.
- Narratives can take different forms dependent upon authorial intent.
Reading, writing & oracy
'Wonder': book club
In this unit, pupils explore and discuss the novel, 'Wonder'. They share their opinion on the text and explore the key themes of discrimination and kindness. Finally, pupils discuss the characters in the text, as well as making personal connections and recommendations.
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