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Characters in 'A Superhero Like You'

'A Superhero Like You': reading and writing

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils engage with the characters, setting, and plot of 'A Superhero Like You'. Their writing focuses on people who help us, progressing in small steps. They begin by introducing nouns through one-word captions and advance to writing simple sentences that include an adjective.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to discuss characters and events in the story.

Key Notes

  • Thinking from the character's point of view helps to understand events in the story
  • Re-reading the story is useful to remembering the key events
  • This story's plot is based around introducing different characters
  • Meeting these characters makes the reader reconsider what they define a 'superhero' as
  • A job is what someone does for work

Vocabulary To Learn

  • character: a person or animal in a story
  • plot: what happens in a story
  • theme: a main idea that the writer wants to focus on
  • point of view: imagining feelings or events from different people's experiences or thoughts

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils may struggle to think from someone else's perspective.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

Thinking from the character's point of view helps to understand events in the story. Re-reading the story is useful to remembering the key events.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'character'

a person or animal in a story.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Pupils may struggle to think from someone else's perspective. Correction: Use the 'I do, We do' to model turning yourself into the character. You could include props or masks to support as well as providing the stem sentence.

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