Year 3 - English
Making comparisons across books
'The Moon Dragons': reading
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read and explore the narrative fiction text 'The Moon Dragons'. They develop their comprehension and use inference to explore the character profile of the protagonist. Finally, pupils explore the key themes, as well as making connections and comparisons to other texts.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to form connections to a text and draw comparisons across books.
Key Notes
- Connections are ways in which you connect personally with a text.
- Personal experiences impact the way that we interpret and connect to a text.
- Connections can be from text-to-self, text-to-text or text-to-world.
- We can draw comparisons between stories by considering character, setting, plot and themes.
- 'The Moon Dragons' can inspire us to draw comparisons with other stories that portray the female heroine, e.g. 'Mulan'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- connections: ways in which you connect personally with a text
- comparison: involves the act of highlighting similarities or differences between two or more things
- female heroine: a woman within literature who possesses heroic qualities
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may have questions or misconceptions around how the 'red-headed female heroine' is portrayed within stories.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Connections are ways in which you connect personally with a text. Personal experiences impact the way that we interpret and connect to a text.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'connections'
ways in which you connect personally with a text.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may have questions or misconceptions around how the 'red-headed female heroine' is portrayed within stories. Correction: It is important to explain that in life we do not judge somebody's qualities or traits based on their appearance. However, authors do sometimes use appearance to communicate certain messages.
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