Developing responses to 'The Girl of Ink and Stars' through rich discussions
I can develop my own response to 'The Girl of Ink and Stars’.
Developing responses to 'The Girl of Ink and Stars' through rich discussions
I can develop my own response to 'The Girl of Ink and Stars’.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Being heroic is not reflected by a character's gender, age or other protected characteristic.
- During a text, characters and their relationships change and evolve.
- Making connections & recommendations can enhance the reading experience & widen a reader’s understanding of literature.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that character traits remain fixed throughout a narrative.
The characters in 'The Girl of Ink and Stars' are complex. Governor Adori's decision in the climax of the story is very different to decisions he made at the beginning of the text.
Keywords
Character traits - Character traits are the special qualities that make a character in a story unique and interesting.
Connection - How a text relates to a reader, another text or the wider world can be called a connection.
Recommendation - A recommendation is a suggestion for a text that is well-suited to a reader’s age and their interests.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2016 Chicken House edition of ‘The Girl of Ink and Stars’, written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Helen Crawford-White, for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of upsetting content
- Depiction or discussion of serious crime
Supervision
Adult supervision required
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).
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
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the qualities that make a character in a story unique and interesting
how a text relates to a reader, another text or the wider world
a suggestion for a text that is suited to a reader's age and interests
Pablo’s mother and the Riosse’s neighbour.
The daughter of the leader of the Banished.
The leader of Governor Adori’s guards.
the content of the text relates to personal experiences and feelings
the content of the text relates to another text
the content relates to events and issues in the real world