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Introduction to the story 'Leaf'
I can make a prediction using evidence from the text.
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Year 2
Introduction to the story 'Leaf'
I can make a prediction using evidence from the text.
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Key learning points
- 'Leaf' is a fiction text where all of the characters are animals with voices.
- Making predictions means deciding what you think will happen in a story using illustration and the text as evidence.
- Fiction books can be based on a real life issue or event, e.g. climate change.
- Developing deeper understanding of 'Leaf' can allow us to learn important lessons from the story.
- One person's prediction or the lesson they interpret may be different to another person's.
Keywords
Fiction - a story that is made up or imagined
Prediction - deciding what you think might happen next in a story
Character - a person or animal in a story
Illustration - a picture in a book, drawn by an artist
Common misconception
Pupils may not know that a fiction text can be based on real themes, events and issues.
Explain to the children that although the story 'Leaf' is a made up story, it is based on the real-life issue of climate change.
Support the children to find out more about the impact of climate change on animals like polar bears who are forced to travel further and further to find food as the ice diminishes.
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Licence
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Select all the information you would be likely to find on the front cover of a fiction book.
A blurb.
A summary of the story.
Q2.
Where would you find the blurb of a book?
On the front cover.
In the middle of the book.
Q3.
Based on the front cover, what text type is this?
non-fiction
dictionary
Q4.
Based on the image, what text type is this?
fiction
dictionary
Q5.
Starting at the beginning, sequence this simple nursery rhyme in order.
Q6.
Match the keyword to the correct definition.
A picture in a book.
The person who writes a book.
A story that is made up or imagined.
A text that provides real facts and information.
Q3 The Lion and the Bird, Marianne Dubuc, Claudia Zoe Bedrick, Book Island Q4 Science + Nature Magazine © 2023 Future Publishing Limited
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
What type of text is 'Leaf'?
non-fiction
poem
Q2.
Look at the front cover. Who is the author of 'Leaf'?
Q3.
What is a character in a story?
The person who writes the story.
The person who draws the illustrations.
Q4.
What is a prediction?
Reading on to find out what happens next.
Retelling the story in your own words.
Q5.
Where do polar bears usually live?
Hot deserts
Rainforests.
Q6.
Why do some polar bears have to travel long distances to find food?
Because they hibernate during the winter.
Because they get their food from trees far away.