Responding to key images in an unseen extract from Akala's 'The Dark Lady'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make inferences about an unseen extract from Akala's 'The Dark Lady' and respond to the use of imagery.
Key learning points
- Making predictions about a text is useful because it allows you to consider the impact of a writer’s choices.
- You should use the first read through of an unseen text to establish information about plot and characters.
- You should use the second read through of an unseen text to consider the writer’s choices.
- When we read, we must make inferences about a text to help us understand what the author is really saying.
Keywords
Predict - to say what you think will happen in the future
Infer - to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have
Translate - to change words into a different language
Connotation - a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning
Summary - a brief, clear statement giving the most important facts about something
Common misconception
That it's impossible to guess what will happen in a text.
While we can't know for certain, we can pick up on clues that the writer gives us to make predictions about what will happen in a text.
Teacher tip
You might like to explore some of the quotations in more detail to show how Akala presents Henry's excitement at the prospect of using his magic.
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2021 Hodder Children's Book edition of 'The Dark Lady' by Akala for this lesson.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which time period was Elizabethan England?
Q2.What does 'unseen text' mean?
Q3.What does predict mean?
Q4.To form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have is to .
Q5.A feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning is a .
Q6.What does symbolise mean?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.In Akala's 'The Dark Lady', Henry is forced to steal to survive. From this, we can infer that his life is ...
Q2.In Akala's 'The Dark Lady', we find out that Henry has the ability to ...
Q3.A summary is ...
Q4.To change words into a different language means to .
Q5.In Akala's 'The Dark Lady', the image of a __________ is used before Henry uses his magic.
Q6.In Akala's 'The Dark Lady', Henry describes the process of using his magic as seeing different "colours" and images. What are the connotations of this?
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