Year 6 - English
Making comparisons
'A Kind of Spark': reading
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read and explore the novel, 'A Kind of Spark'. They gather evidence about the characters by inferring from the text and compare characters both within and between texts. Finally, pupils explore the key concepts and themes from the text.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to compare Addie's experiences at different places in the book 'A Kind of Spark' and you can compare characters between different texts.
Key Notes
- When we give our opinion about a text, we often need to justify our view with evidence or explanations.
- Specific language choices are made by the author to convey meaning.
- We can compare characters within and between texts, including the same character at different points in a text.
- Making these comparisons helps us to understand characters better.
Vocabulary To Learn
- justify: give an explanation or evidence to support our view
- language choices: the conscious decisions an author makes to use certain words to have a certain effect or convey a certain meaning to the reader
- compare: identify similarities and differences between two things, ideas, concepts or texts
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may label characters like Emily and Miss Murphy as simply 'bad', instead of trying to see their motivations.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
When we give our opinion about a text, we often need to justify our view with evidence or explanations. Specific language choices are made by the author to convey meaning.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'justify'
give an explanation or evidence to support our view.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may label characters like Emily and Miss Murphy as simply 'bad', instead of trying to see their motivations. Correction: Emphasise that giving reasons for someone's actions is not the same as excusing them; most things we do have a reason - that reason might just be a bad one!
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