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Year 5

Understanding the context of 'How To Train Your Dragon'

I can understand the authorial, geographical and historical context of 'How to Train Your Dragon'.

New
New
Year 5

Understanding the context of 'How To Train Your Dragon'

I can understand the authorial, geographical and historical context of 'How to Train Your Dragon'.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Understanding the context of a text enables readers to engage effectively with the content.
  2. The author is the person who wrote the text.
  3. The illustrator is the person who illustrated the text.
  4. Fiction is literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.

Keywords

  • Context - the factors outside a text that influence it, such as the historical period, setting and society at the time

  • Fiction - a text that is based on imagination

  • Narrative - a story

  • Book series - a sequence of books that are grouped together as part of the same collection

Common misconception

Pupils may believe this is a non-fiction text because it is about Vikings.

Give clear explanations that this is a made-up narrative set in the context of a fictional Viking community.

Pupils may enjoy watching Cressida Cowell's videos where she models drawing characters from the story.
Teacher tip

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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6 Questions

Q1.
Select the definition of a fiction text.
a text that describes real-life events, people or subjects
Correct answer: a text that is imaginary
a text that is always spoken aloud
Q2.
Match the following terms to their definitions.
Correct Answer:character,a person or an animal in a story

a person or an animal in a story

Correct Answer:setting,where the story takes place

where the story takes place

Correct Answer:plot,what happens in the story

what happens in the story

Q3.
Fill in the gap. The ______ is the person who writes a text.
Correct answer: author
reader
illustrator
publisher
Q4.
Fill in the gap. The ______ is the person who draws or creates pictures for a text.
author
reader
Correct answer: illustrator
publisher
Q5.
What is a myth?
a narrative told through poetry, blending prose and poetic elements
a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge
Correct answer: a traditional tale explaining a culture's beliefs and customs
Q6.
Which of the following are examples of mythical creatures?
Correct answer: dragon
dog
cat
Correct answer: unicorn
fish

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the keywords to their definitions:
Correct Answer:context,the factors outside a text that influence it

the factors outside a text that influence it

Correct Answer:fiction,a text that is based on imagination

a text that is based on imagination

Correct Answer:narrative,a story

a story

Correct Answer:book series,a sequence of books that are grouped together

a sequence of books that are grouped together

Q2.
Is this statement true or false? 'How To Train Your Dragon' is set in a fictional world.
Correct Answer: true, True, treu, troo
Q3.
__________ context refers to where the text is set.
Correct answer: Geographical
Social
Historical
Q4.
Fill in the gap. ___________ context refers to when the text is set.
Geographical
Social
Correct answer: Historical
Q5.
Fill in the gap. Small islands off the coast of __________ inspired the setting of 'How To Train Your Dragon'.
England
Ireland
Wales
Correct answer: Scotland
Q6.
Select appropriate adjectives to describe dragons:
Correct answer: mythical
real
Correct answer: magical
Correct answer: powerful