Hi, everyone.

My name is Ms. Voyle and I am really excited to be teaching you your reading lesson today, where we are going to be exploring character, setting, and plot in "And Tango Makes Three." For this lesson, you need a copy of the 2007 Simon & Schuster UK limited edition of "And Tango Makes Three" by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell.

Pause the video and get your copy of the book now.

Great, now I know you have the book with you.

During this lesson you'll need to be listening and looking carefully and there will also be tasks where you need somebody to talk to.

I hope you're feeling excited and ready to learn.

Let's get started.

The learning outcome for today's lesson is: I can explore the story through discussing the characters, setting, and plot.

Here are our keywords.

Let's practise saying them, my turn, your turn.

Character.

Setting.

Plot.

Well done.

You will be hearing these words lots throughout the lesson.

There are two parts to today's lesson.

In the first part we will be exploring the character and the setting, and in the second part we will be exploring the plot.

So let's begin with exploring character and setting.

"And Tango Makes Three." "And Tango Makes Three" is a children's story which is based on a real-life account of two penguins as told by a zookeeper.

Although it is based on a true story, it is told as a narrative fiction with elements of storytelling and character development.

The authors, so the people who wrote the book, are named Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell.

And the illustrator is called Henry Cole.

Who are the main characters in "And Tango Makes Three"? A character is a person or animal in a story.

The main character is the person who the story is about.

In our story there are two boy penguins, one named Roy and one named Silo, and these are the main characters in our story.

The illustration on the front cover also shows a baby penguin who is named Tango.

She is a character too, but not one of the main characters.

Let's check your understanding.

Who are the main characters in the story of "And Tango Makes Three"? A, Roy; B, Tango; C, Silo.

Pause the video and select your answers now.

The answers are A and C.

The main characters in "And Tango Makes Three" are two boy penguins named Roy and Silo.

Well done.

The setting of the story is where the story takes place.

It is now time for you to begin reading "And Tango Makes Three." Remember, you need this copy of the story.

Read the beginning of the story up to page six where the girl and boy penguins are stood in couples.

While you are reading, I would like you to pay close attention to the setting of the story and how you think the main characters fit into the story.

When you reach page six, stop reading and come back and press play.

Welcome back! I really hope you enjoyed reading the beginning of "And Tango Makes Three." Let's check your understanding of what you know so far.

Where is the story of "And Tango Makes Three" set? A, Central Park Ice Rink in New York; B, Central Park Zoo in New York; or C, Central Park Pond in New York.

Pause the video and select your answer now.

The answer is B.

"And Tango Makes Three" is set in Central Park Zoo in New York.

Well done.

The story is based on a real-life account by a zookeeper who worked there.

What do we know so far about the story of "And Tango Makes Three"? Let's summarise together.

The main characters are two male penguins named Roy and Silo.

The illustration on the front cover also shows a baby penguin named Tango.

The setting of the story is the penguin section in Central Park Zoo, New York.

And the story begins by talking about girl and boy penguins becoming couples and making families.

You are going to use the knowledge you have about the story so far to make a prediction.

Making a prediction means deciding what you think will happen next in a story using illustrations and the text as evidence.

Making a prediction helps us to understand the story more and it makes reading fun.

We can think about what we already know in order to help us make a sensible guess about what might happen next.

There is no right or wrong answer when making a prediction and your prediction may be different to someone else's, and that is totally okay.

You just need to focus on your reason or justification for your prediction.

Let's check your understanding.

What is a prediction? A, reading on to find out what happens next; B, retelling the story in your own words; or C, guessing what you think will happen using evidence.

Pause the video and select your answer now.

The answer is C.

A prediction is making a sensible guess about what you think will happen next using evidence from what you already know.

Well done.

It's time for your first task and it is a talk task, so you will need your partner.

Based on what you know so far, what do you think the rest of the story is going to be about? Make a prediction.

Your sentence starters are: I think the story is going to be about.

Because the text says.

Because is a key conjunction here that you will use to give your reason for your prediction.

You might be basing your prediction of something the text says.

Or you might say, I think the story is going to be about.

Because the illustration shows us.

And this is where you might use some of the illustrations as evidence for your prediction.

Pause the video and discuss with your partner now to make a prediction.

It was so wonderful to hear you discussing your ideas about what you think will happen next.

I could really hear how you used evidence to support your prediction, and that is a really important skill.

Let's take a look at some example answers.

"I think that the story is going to be about how penguins make families, because family seems to be a keyword mentioned on every page so far." Now, this is a great prediction.

It pays close attention to the words that recur within the story, and family is a key one.

Another prediction is, "I think that the story is going to be about how Roy and Silo have a baby because they are both boy penguins, and the illustration shows them with a baby penguin." This is a great prediction too.

It uses what we can see on the front cover as well as what we've read so far to make a prediction about the story.

And it's okay if your prediction was slightly different as long as you were able to support it with evidence from the text.

Well done for your hard work on making a prediction.

It's now time for the second part of our lesson where we will be exploring the plot of "And Tango Makes Three." What do we know so far about the story of "And Tango Makes Three"? Let's remind ourselves.

The main characters are two boy penguins.

One is called Silo and the other is called Roy.

The illustration on the front cover shows Silo and Roy with a baby penguin named Tango.

The setting of the story is the penguin section of Central Park Zoo, New York.

The story begins by talking about girl and boy penguins becoming couples and making families.

It is now time for you to continue reading.

Remember, you need this copy of the book.

You are going to continue reading the story up to page 16.

The illustration on this page shows Roy and Silo standing together looking down at the rocks.

When you get to this point in the story, stop reading, come back and play the video.

Pause now to do your reading.

Let's recap what's happened in this part of the story.

Roy and Silo were different to other penguin couples because both of them were boys.

Roy and Silo spent all their time together and lived the same way as the other girls and boys.

Roy and Silo realised the one thing they couldn't do like other couples was produce an egg and hatch a baby.

Roy and Silo found a rock instead and did everything they could to try and hatch it, but it didn't work.

Let's check your understanding.

True or false? Penguins Roy and Silo were different to other couples in the penguin area.

Pause the video and select your answer now.

That is true.

Well done.

They were the first penguin couple that was two boys rather than a girl and boy, but they were similar to all the other penguin couples in loads of other ways.

What did Roy and Silo realise they could not do like other couples in the house? A, go swimming together; B, share a nest and live together; or C, make an egg to have a baby.

Pause the video and select your answer.

The answer is C.

Well done.

Roy and Silo were able to do nearly everything the other penguin couples did.

They went swimming together and played together and lived together, but they couldn't make an egg to have a baby.

It's now time to continue reading the story up to the very end.

Pause the video now to finish reading the story, and when you have finished, come back and press play.

Welcome back.

Well done for some fantastic reading, and I hope you really enjoyed reading to the end.

Let's recap the end of the story together now.

The zookeeper realised what was happening and helped Roy and Silo by giving them an unhatched egg.

Roy and Silo spent all of their time caring for the egg and took turns looking after it.

The egg hatched and Roy and Silo became fathers to a baby penguin.

She was named Tango.

Roy and Silo taught and loved their daughter Tango just the same way other families do.

Let's check your understanding.

True or false? The zookeeper helped Roy and Silo become parents.

Pause the video and select your answer now.

That is true.

Well done.

The zookeeper gave them an unhatched egg.

True or false? Roy, Silo, and Tango were completely different from other families in the zoo.

Pause the video and select your answer now.

That is false.

Well done.

We know that they were different in some way because they were the first family that had two dads in the penguin area.

However, they were so similar to other families in all the other important ways, like how they treated each other and loved one another.

It's time for your final task.

Reflect on what you have read and share your opinions and discuss them with your partner.

Likes: what caught your attention and why? Dislikes: was there anything that you didn't enjoy in the story? And puzzles: was there anything you found surprising? Pause the video and discuss these questions with your partner now.

Let's take a look at some examples of what I heard.

For likes, one person said, "I loved the illustrations that accompanied the story.

The page that showed Roy and Silo doing lots of fun activities together made me want to read more!" I felt exactly the same way.

It looked like they were having so much fun and I wanted to find out more about their life together.

For dislikes, was there anything that you didn't enjoy? One person said, "It made me feel sad when Roy and Silo couldn't hatch their stone and I didn't know if I wanted to keep reading." That's understandable if that part made you feel sad, because they just really wanted a baby like the other penguin couples.

Luckily, the zookeeper helped them.

And for puzzles, was there anything you found surprising? Maybe you said, "I knew there were lots of different types of human families, but I didn't know there were different types of animal families too!" That is interesting, isn't it? And we know that this story is based on a real-life account from a zookeeper in New York.

Well done for your partner talk.

I hope you really enjoyed reading this story.

We've come to the end of our lesson, so let's go over a summary together "And Tango Makes Three" is a narrative fiction that is based on a true story.

The main characters in the story are two boy penguins, one named Roy and one named Silo.

The story is set inside Central Park Zoo in New York City.

The plot follows the story of how Roy and Silo find a way to become parents and have their own family.

Roy and Silo are the first family in the zoo to have two dads, but they live and love just like all the other families.

Well done for your hard work on today's reading lesson, I really enjoyed sharing the story of "And Tango Makes Three" with you.