Year 4 - English
Summarising Walter's life using 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'
'Walter Tull's Scrapbook': reading
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read and explore the biography 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'. They use retrieval and inference to develop their comprehension of the text and the historical context. Finally, they summarise Walter Tull's life by identifying significant moments.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to summarise Walter Tull's life by identifying significant moments.
Key Notes
- A summary is the main ideas of a text, usually from more than one paragraph
- Examining an inspirational figure from history can have an impact on our understanding of events in present day
Vocabulary To Learn
- adversity: Adversity can be described as challenges, prejudice, and hardships a person has had to confront and overcome in their life.
- summarise: To summarise means to pull out the key information and ideas from the text.
- inspire: To inspire is to motivate or encourage through positive influence or example.
- legacy: Legacy is the long-lasting impact of particular events and actions that took place in the past, or in a person's life.
- epitaph: An epitaph is a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may find it difficult to draw out the most significant moments when summarising.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A summary is the main ideas of a text, usually from more than one paragraph. Examining an inspirational figure from history can have an impact on our understanding of events in present day.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'adversity'
Adversity can be described as challenges, prejudice, and hardships a person has had to confront and overcome in their life.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may find it difficult to draw out the most significant moments when summarising. Correction: Model eliciting the key parts of Walter's life - using the contents page to support. Have these accessible during the lesson.
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