Building comprehension of 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'
I can discuss the plot of 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark'.
Building comprehension of 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'
I can discuss the plot of 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark'.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Using a range of strategies helps to build our understanding of a text.
- Retrieving means finding information directly from the text.
- Searching for clues within the text helps us to infer greater meaning and draw conclusions.
- Having rich discussions improves our understanding and offers opportunities for hearing different ideas.
- Plop met a Scout who told him about why he thinks night time is ‘fun’.
Keywords
Comprehension - Reading comprehension refers to our understanding of the text.
Retrieve - In reading, retrieve means to find information within the text.
Inference - Using inference means to draw conclusions from clues within the text.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that they should always have the same answer as their partner.
Teach the pupils that when retrieving information, there is likely only one answer. However, discussion questions, like in Task B 4, the children's answers may be different and that is what makes the reading experience unique.
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Equipment
You need a copy of the 2014 Farshore edition of ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson for this lesson.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
what happens in a story
a person or animal in a story
where the story takes place
writing that tells a story
a story which is made up or imagined
a text that contains facts and true information
Exit quiz
6 Questions
our understanding of the text
to find information within the text
to draw conclusions from clues within the text
exciting
kind
fun