Reading around the text 'Greenling'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can explain a personal response to the text.
Key learning points
- There are many themes that are explored in ‘Greenling’ including change and transformation, sustainability & rewilding.
- Reading around a text can deepen our understanding of significant themes and ideas in a text.
- Sharing personal responses allows readers to engage more deeply with the story and build connections to the text.
- Different readers may interpret a text in different ways.
Keywords
Theme - A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story.
Rewilding - Rewilding is a conservation approach that restores ecosystems to their natural state by reintroducing key species and promoting natural processes.
Sustainability - Sustainability means using resources wisely without depleting them for future generations.
Personal response - A personal response is expressing your own opinions, ideas or feelings.
Common misconception
Pupils may find thinking of connections between 'Greenling' and the rewilding non-fiction text challenging.
Model making connections aloud, focusing on character, setting and plot. Some pupils may benefit from printed double-page spreads of certain illustrations to support.
Teacher tip
In Task B, cut up the statements for pupils to discuss and position according to their personal responses. Additional statements could be written for pupils to complete a diamond 9, if appropriate.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2015 Templar Publishing edition of ‘Greenling’ written and illustrated by Levi Pinfold, for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the surname of the couple at the centre of the story in 'Greenling'?
Q2.Based on the person's body language, which of the following adjectives would best describe them?
Q3.Based on the person's body language, which of the following adjectives would best describe them?
Q4.True or False? A reader's own experiences also help them to understand and infer a character’s motives.
Q5.Which definition best describes a theme?
Q6.Which of the following are suitable definitions for the word wild?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the following keywords to their definitions.
a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story
an approach that restores ecosystems to a natural state
expressing your own opinions, ideas or feelings
Q2.Which of the following best describes the term sustainability?
Q3.Which character in the text is most associated with rewilding?
Q4.Rewilding is achieved through…
Q5.Which environmental challenges are listed in ‘Exploring Rewilding: Restoring Nature's Balance’?
Q6.In the non-fiction text on rewilding, which creatures were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park as a result of rewilding?
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