Year 3 - English
Understanding Lila's feelings in the build-up of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
'The Firework Maker's Daughter': reading and narrative writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils develop their ability to summarise key events from the text, exploring Lila's feelings in the build-up to these. Pupils plan and write both the build-up and the climax of the story, focusing on developing their use of complex sentences, precise vocabulary and speech.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify and understand the emotions of Lila in the build-up of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'.
Key Notes
- Lila faces physical and emotional challenges that the reader does not know if she will overcome.
- Lila's emotional journey is a key part of building suspense in the build-up of the story.
- Philip Pullman conveys Lila's changing emotions both explicitly and using 'show and tell'.
- 'Show and tell' is a narrative technique that conveys a character's feelings through sensory details, actions &thoughts.
- Empathising with a character's emotions can help us develop our own examples of 'show and tell'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- suspense: a state of feeling excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
- 'show and tell': a writing technique for showing a character's feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions
- empathy: the ability to understand other people's emotions and points of view
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may find it difficult to develop 'show and tell' ideas without stating the emotion.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Lila faces physical and emotional challenges that the reader does not know if she will overcome. Lila's emotional journey is a key part of building suspense in the build-up of the story.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'suspense'
a state of feeling excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may find it difficult to develop 'show and tell' ideas without stating the emotion. Correction: Act out different feelings to encourage children to consider what happens in their bodies when they feel that emotion.E.g. What do you think or physically feel when you experience frustration? Answers could include 'chest tightens' or 'jaw clenches'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Planning part 1 of the build-up of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
- Planning part 1 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
- Planning part 2 of the build-up of the 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
- Planning part 2 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
- Reading the build-up in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
- Reading the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
- Using speech in the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
- Writing part 1 of the build-up in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
- Writing part 1 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
- Writing part 2 of the build-up in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
- Writing part 2 of the climax of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' Study Guide
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