Lesson video

Hi there.

Mr. Charlesworth here.

In our final session on developing reading preferences in year three, we're going to be exploring a range of different forms. A form is how a text is presented.

In today's lesson, we're going to be looking at illustrated chapter books and graphic novels.

Now, these are some of my favourite types of texts.

I hope they're yours too.

Let's explore them together.

Today's lesson outcome is, "I can develop my awareness of a range of forms." The key words for today's lesson are.

My turn, your turn.

Form.

Illustrated chapter book.

Graphic novel.

A form is the way a text can be presented.

An illustrated chapter book is a longer fictional text with illustrations to support understanding.

A graphic novel is a type of text combining words and images in long form sequential art panels.

Don't worry if you're not sure of any of these words.

We'll be exploring 'em throughout the lesson.

Today's lesson is all about developing our reading preferences by exploring a range of forms. We are going to begin the lesson by exploring illustrated chapter books, before moving on to exploring graphic novels.

Let's have a look at illustrated chapter books first.

There are many different forms of reading.

Here are some examples.

There's chapter books, picture books, magazines and newspapers, blogs.

There's reference texts.

These can sometimes be called information books, such as encyclopaedias.

There's graphic novels, song lyrics, and poetry collections.

These are just some of the different forms of reading.

There are many more.

Which do you enjoy reading? Do you have a favourite? Pause the video and tell your partner or person from home.

Well done.

I wonder which was your favourite.

It's really important to remember that all forms are equally as valid as each other.

No one form should be more important than any of the others.

All are valid forms of reading.

In today's lesson, we'll be looking at chapter books and graphic novels.

Illustrated chapter books are a great form of reading.

They have lots of interesting features.

Here's an example of one.

It's called "Charlie Changes into a Chicken." All illustrated chapter books usually contain characters, settings, and plots.

These vary from text to text.

They will always include chapters, paragraphs of writing, which usually includes dialogue.

That's spoken word by the characters.

They include descriptive language and come in a range of different genres.

Illustrated chapter books can cover lots of different genres.

Let's have a look at some examples.

There's adventure fiction, such as "Adventure Mice, Otter Chaos." Did you notice the play on words? Well done.

There's animal fiction, such as the children's literature classic "Charlotte's Web." There's mystery fiction, such as "Anisha Accidental Detective." I really enjoyed reading this text.

There's realistic fiction, such as "Call Me Lion." Realistic Fiction deals with characters and events that feel like they could happen to you, me, or someone else in our local community.

Finally, there's fantasy fiction, such as "Kiki's Delivery Service." Fantasy fiction is usually set in a far away or imagined land.

Very different to our own.

We've just had a look at a few of the genres in illustrative chapter books.

In our first check for understanding, I'd like you to answer the question below.

Do you have a favourite genre of illustrated chapter books.

You might like to use the sentence stem, "I really enjoy.

Because.

." Talk to your partner or family member from home.

Pause the video now whilst you answer the question.

Great work.

Let's have a look at an example.

Alex says, "I like escaping from the real world in fantasy fiction.

It helps grow my imagination!" Was his response similar to yours? I wonder which genre was your favourite? Illustrated chapter books can have a range of different characters.

Here's an example called "Fortunately the Milk." You can see some of the characters on the front cover.

There's the father who's gone off in search of the aforementioned milk for his son and daughter, and there's also a stegosaurus.

This is one of my favourite characters in the text.

They're called Professor Steg.

Professor Steg is a great character because they have really interesting ideas and perspectives, and they help the father get back to their son and daughter.

They're really funny and quite wacky with their suggestions, but also very scientific as you can see from the lab coat, which also includes their plates along their back.

I wonder, do you have a favourite character from an illustrated chapter book? What makes them your favourite? Are they really interesting, funny, or do you just enjoy reading about them? Pause the video now whilst you tell your talk partner or family member from home.

Illustrated chapter books can also have a range of different settings.

One of my favourites is in "The 13-Story Tree House." This tree house is a little bit different to ones that you may have seen or heard about.

The settings include a swimming pool infested with sharks, a whole room full of pillows, and also a bowling alley.

I really love that the settings the author and illustrator create are so imaginative, and wild, and wacky.

I wonder where you would like to explore in a 13-story tree house.

In our check for understanding, I'd like to know, do you have a favourite setting from an illustrated chapter book? What's it like? How is it described? Pause the video now to tell your talk partner or member of family from home.

Fantastic work.

I wonder which setting you went for.

Which text was it from? Finally, illustrated chapter books can have a range of different plots.

In this example called "Agent Asher: Mission Shark Bites," Asher and her pet hamster have to go off and save the world.

She's a coder, so she should be able to hack into one of the biggest tech companies in the world, fight deadly sharks, and figure out how the internet stopped working all before bedtime? Easy, right? The plot in this book is action packed, but also explores coding and critical thinking.

I really enjoyed reading it.

I wonder, do you have a favourite story or plot from an illustrated chapter book? What makes it your favourite? Do you turn to it frequently to reread? Answer the question by talking with your talk partner or family member from home.

Pause the video now whilst you discuss.

There are many other forms of text including magazines, instruction manuals, reviews, recipes, comics, and emails.

In this first task, I'd like you to choose two of your favourite.

Complete two sentences as to why you like them.

You might like to use the sentence stem, "I like or love, because.

." Pause the video whilst you go off and write your sentences.

Fantastic work.

I hope you enjoyed writing about your favourite forms of text.

Let's have a look at two examples.

Laura says, "I like reading newspapers because they tell me about what is happening in the wider world." Do you like reading newspapers too? I do.

And Jun says, "I love illustrated chapter books, especially mystery fiction because when I read a story with a surprise ending, it can make me think about all the clues the author and illustrator dropped throughout the text." Just like Jun, I also really like illustrated chapter books is mystery fiction one of your favourite genres? It's important to remember that all forms of reading are equally as valid as each other.

In the next part of the lesson, we're going to begin to explore graphic novels.

Graphic novels can appeal to readers of all ages and interests.

A graphic novel tells a complete story with illustrations.

They have a clear beginning, middle, and end, unlike comics, which are usually released weekly in smaller sections called comic strips.

Graphic novels are really engaging and include many features such as thought bubbles and sound effects to inform the reader what's happening.

We'll have a look at some examples of these in just a short moment.

One of my favourite graphic novels for primary age readers is "Dogman." Not only is this text really funny and visually engaging, it also has incredible descriptive language.

I wonder if it's one of your favourites too.

Let's explore some of the features of graphic novels with this example from "Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx." This is a picture book graphic novel.

In it, we can see a range of different settings and you can notice the journey that the character is going on through the dotted white line.

On the right hand side of the double page spread, you can see panels.

These are arranged vertically and can be read from top to bottom.

Panels are usually sequenced either chronologically or show events that happen across a range of different times.

Graphic novels can be read in lots of different ways.

The more you read, the more comfortable you become at reading and understanding the many different ways that they're set out.

Graphic novels include speech bubbles.

These are sometimes called callouts, and within these are dialogue.

Dialogue is the words spoken by a character.

Sometimes like in this example, you can see multiple parts of dialogue split into many different callouts.

Callouts can also be in many different shapes and sizes, and these sometimes signify a different type of speech or way of speaking.

As with illustrated chapter books, there are illustrations on most pages of graphic novels as well as captions which act as a narration telling the reader what's happening outside of the scene that we are looking at.

Finally, as with most texts, there are a range of different characters, and these are usually richly drawn.

Graphic novels can cover a range of genres, including adventure, or humour with texts such as "Bunny vs.

Monkey," biography, such as CC Bell's, "EL Deafo," mystery, such as "Investi-Gators." Graphic novels can also showcase nonfiction, such as, "A Day in the Life of an Astronaut, Mars and the Distant Stars." Finally, they can explore fantasy or legend such as the text, "Barb the Brave." As you can see from their front covers, graphic novels are highly visual and really engaging to read.

Graphic novels can have a range of different characters.

In this text, "Allergic," we meet Maggie.

Maggie feels like she's the odd one out.

Her parents are having a new baby, and her twin brothers are off exploring their own world.

Maggie decides that a new puppy is the answer, but when she goes to select one for her birthday, she breaks out in hives and rashes and finds out that she's allergic to it.

The text explores Maggie's experience as she tries to outsmart her allergies and find the perfect pet for her.

It's a really empathetic text, and it taught me a lot about pet allergies too.

I wonder if you'd like to read it.

In this check for understanding.

I'd like you to discuss your favourite character from a graphic novel text, what makes them so special or so interesting for you? Pause the video now and tell your talk partner or family member from home.

Well done.

I hope you enjoy sharing your favourite characters.

Graphic novels can also include a range of different settings.

In this example called "Lightfall," we meet Bee and Cad, the two characters on the front cover.

They set off across this imagined fantasy world called Urpa.

The setting is under threat from some shadows, and what I really love about this text is that it tells the history of the land and it explores the lore, that's the folklore of the land, through the illustrations.

It's drawn so beautifully, you can't help but notice the small details that go into describing the setting.

I hope you explore the land of Urpa when reading this text too.

Now, you've had an example from me.

I'd like you to share yours.

Do you have a favourite setting from a graphic novel text? What's it like? How would you describe your favourite setting from the text to your friend or family member? Pause the video now and discuss the question.

Graphic novels can also include a range of different plots.

In "Hilda and the Troll," we join Hilda, a blue-haired explorer on the front cover.

She's busy documenting the different types of trolls and creatures that patrol her landscape.

Hilda is on the lookout for a mountain troll.

As she spots one, she slowly starts to fall asleep.

When she wakes up, Hilda finds herself lost in a snowstorm, and the troll has completely disappeared.

The graphic novel tells the story of Hilda's return home as she ventures deep into the dark woods and narrowly avoids getting squashed by a lost giant.

I hope you're intrigued to read on.

In our final check for understanding.

I'd like you to discuss whether you have a favourite story structure or plot from a graphic novel text.

Which is your favourite? Why? Pause the video now and discuss with your talk partner or person from home.

Great work.

I hope all this recommending is making you want to read more graphic novel texts.

In our final task, I'd like you to place the following features into a Venn diagram.

Some features may go in both sections.

The two parts of the Venn diagram are features of graphic novels and features of illustrated chapter books.

I wonder if you can place the following features into their corresponding circles.

Pause the video now whilst you complete.

Fantastic work.

Let's see if you've got them all correct.

In features of graphic novels, you should have speech bubbles while remembered they're called callouts.

You should also have illustrations on almost every page and panels that tell the sequence of a story.

In features of illustrated chapter books, you should have paragraphs, chapters, and descriptive language.

Descriptive language can also appear in graphic novels.

However, it's primarily a feature of illustrated chapter books, as these tend to contain more text.

In both graphic novels and illustrated chapter books, you'll find a range of different genres.

Also, a range of characters, settings, and plots.

In both graphic novels and illustrated chapter books, you'll have dialogue.

These are the words said by characters to one another or to themselves.

Well done for participating in the lesson.

Can you think of an illustrated chapter book or graphic novel text that you'd like to read? Perhaps it's one that we've looked at during the lesson.

Today's lesson has all been about developing reading preferences by exploring a range of forms. We know that illustrated chapter books have a range of features including descriptive language, paragraphs, and chapters.

We've learned that graphic novels include speech bubbles called callouts, illustrations on almost every page, and panels.

We've understood that both forms cover a range of different genres and both forms include characters, settings, plot, and dialogue.

Finally, it's important to remember that reading a range of forms can develop our engagement and enjoyment of reading.

I hope you really enjoy this lesson and have a few new recommendations to go off and read yourself.

I'm really looking forward to exploring more forms with you in other units.