Year 2 - English
Sequencing and making connections about 'The Children of Lir'
'The Children of Lir': reading
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read and explore the traditional tale, 'The Children of Lir'. They will revisit the genre, as well as building strategies for fluency and comprehension. Finally, pupils will express their opinions about the text.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make connections linked to your own experiences and sequence events in a story.
Key Notes
- Traditional tales try to teach us a lesson about something.
- Thinking about those lessons can help us change something in our lives.
- The Children of Lir teaches us to be resilient in the face of challenges.
- Sequencing events in a story means we put them in the order in which they happened.
- Sequencing key parts of the story helps to summarise the whole story.
Vocabulary To Learn
- jealousy: a feeling of envy about what someone else has or what someone can do
- theme: a big idea, topic or message that appears in a story
- moral: a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience
- chronological: following the order in which a series of events happened
- sequencing: placing events in order
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may find it difficult to identify the main events in the story and they may try to include too much information.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Traditional tales try to teach us a lesson about something. Thinking about those lessons can help us change something in our lives.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'jealousy'
a feeling of envy about what someone else has or what someone can do.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may find it difficult to identify the main events in the story and they may try to include too much information. Correction: Explain that the main events are the most important moments in the story. Without these moments, the story would not flow. Pick out some elements of the text that are minor moments and share these as non-examples.
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