Reading and responding to 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
I can listen to and discuss a traditional tale.
Reading and responding to 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
I can listen to and discuss a traditional tale.
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Key learning points
- Predictions can be made based on illustrations, what has already been read and the front cover
- One person's prediction may be different to another person's
- Traditional tales often start by introducing the characters, such as the little girl and setting the scene
- 'The Magic Porridge Pot' teaches us to be generous and helpful to others
- Traditional tales mostly end happily, such as having enough food and sharing with others
Keywords
Character - a person or an animal in a story
Setting - where the story takes place
Plot - what happens in the story
Prediction - making a guess using what we already know
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to make a prediction if they know the story already.
Celebrate any stories the pupils know already. Play a game to imagine that the memory has gone from their heads and just get them to use the front cover as clues imagining they are detectives.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
adjective
common noun
proper noun