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Thinking from the girl's perspective in 'Wild'

'Wild': reading and writing

Unit Summary

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Lesson Summary

You can retell the story 'Wild' from the girl's perspective.

Key Notes

  • This story will be told from the girl's perspective, using the words "I", "me" and "my".
  • Thinking from someone else's perspective includes imagining how they might feel.
  • Thinking from someone else's perspective includes imagining why they do certain things.
  • Thinking from someone else's perspective includes imagining what they like or dislike.
  • Facial expressions and movements help us understand what is happening in a story even when words have not been used.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • character: a person or animal in a story
  • emotions: feeling or mood
  • perspective: a point of view
  • expression: the ability to show emotions and feelings through facial movements, speech, gestures or body language

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils may say the incorrect pronouns or speak in the incorrect person.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

This story will be told from the girl's perspective, using the words "I", "me" and "my". Thinking from someone else's perspective includes imagining how they might feel.

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 say the incorrect pronouns or speak in the incorrect person. Correction: Re-model sentences, emphasising the change of person "**I** lived in a magical, enchanted forest." and get the children to repeat.

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