Responding to an unseen extract from Burnett's 'The Secret Garden'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can confidently understand an unseen extract from Burnett’s ‘The Secret Garden’ and make a range of inferences.
Key learning points
- Book covers can be useful tools in making predictions about a text.
- Use the first reading of an unseen extract to establish key information about plot, character and setting.
- Next, read the text more closely to consider the meaning of specific words and phrases.
Keywords
Predict - to say what you think will happen in the future.
To infer - to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have.
Extract - a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.
Tone - the general mood or feeling of a text.
Common misconception
That you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
If we consider a literal book cover, it has been chosen to introduce the reader to the tone of the text.
Teacher tip
Once they have read the extract, you could ask the students to go back to the book covers and assess how well they thought they represented the extract.
Equipment
You will need an extract from 'The Secret Garden' which is available in the additional materials.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.An unseen text is .
Q2.If there is a dominant image on an advert then it suggests .
Q3.We normally associate bright colours with .
Q4.An extract is a .
Q5.If a writer repeats something then it's likely they want .
Q6.If a writer describes someone's heart as beating quickly which two emotions is the character likely to be feeling?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does an illustrator create that introduces a reader to a text?
Q2.What does predict mean?
Q3.What does infer mean?
Q4.The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses is .
Q5.What is onomatopoeia?
Q6.Why might using onomatopoeia help a reader understand a text?
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