Exploring illustrations in 'Lulu Gets a Cat'
I can make predictions about a book using the front cover and illustrations.
Exploring illustrations in 'Lulu Gets a Cat'
I can make predictions about a book using the front cover and illustrations.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A front cover often shows the title, an illustration, the author's name and the illustrator's name
- The title and illustrations can generate a prediction about what a book might be about
- One person's prediction might be different to another person's
- Looking closely at some illustrations can help to make more detailed predictions
- Looking at illustrations and discussing a book before reading builds excitement about reading it
Keywords
Prediction - making a guess using what we already know
Illustration - a picture in a book
Character - a person or animal in a story
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to link their predictions to their own knowledge or experience.
Support pupils by contextualising prior learning (books they have read that may be similar, learning about animals, pets they may have at home etc.) Alternatively, provide them with some context e.g. "I know that cats are difficult to look after."
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2018 Alanna Max edition of 'Lulu Gets a Cat' by Anna McQuinn.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a person who writes the words of a story
a person who draws the pictures or images for a story
the name of a book
Exit quiz
6 Questions
'Lulu Gets a Cat'
Anna McQuinn
Lulu