Reflecting on key events in 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I can reflect on events within a Chapter.
Reflecting on key events in 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I can reflect on events within a Chapter.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Characterisation is the way an author describes and develops the personalities and traits of the characters in a story
- Characterisation can be understood by looking at actions, thoughts, dialogue and characters' interactions with others
- Reader's Theatre is an activity where participants read aloud from a script to convey part of a story to an audience
- Reader’s Theatre is a really enjoyable way to read a text aloud and can help develop fluency when reading
Common misconception
Pupils may not know how to divide up the extract for Reader's Theatre.
Explain that all members of the group should share in the process of reading aloud. Smaller sections could be highlighted for less confident readers (for example, Fishlegs).
Keywords
Characterisation - Characterisation involves revealing information about characters through their actions, thoughts, dialogue and interactions with others.
Reader's Theatre - Reader's Theatre is an activity where readers bring characters and scenes to life through reading aloud.
Expression - Expression is reading with feelings and emotion to bring the story to life.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2017 Hodder Children’s Books edition of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ written and illustrated by Cressida Cowell, for this lesson.
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
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a reading aloud activity which bring characters and scenes to life
the way an author describes and develops a character in a story
reading with feelings and emotion