Discussing a section of 'The Borrowers' (part 2)
I can read and discuss a section of the build-up in 'The Borrowers'.
Discussing a section of 'The Borrowers' (part 2)
I can read and discuss a section of the build-up in 'The Borrowers'.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this section of the build-up, Arrietty explores the outside world and enjoys freedom and nature.
- The atmosphere shifts when Arrietty spots the eye of a human “bean”.
- Arrietty forms a friendship with the human “bean” this eye belongs to whose name is “Boy”.
- The atmosphere and Arrietty’s emotions change over the course of her experiences.
- We can make inferences about a character’s emotions by analysing their actions, words and expressions.
Keywords
Build-up - the building of action and suspense that leads up to the climax in a narrative
Atmosphere - the tone or mood created in a text
Emotions - strong feelings that result from a person’s circumstances, mood, or relationship with others
Inference - to use clues from the text to draw conclusions
Common misconception
Some of the vocabulary and phrases in the text may be unfamiliar. This may present a barrier to comprehension, particularly during dense sections of description involving high-level vocabulary.
Make a bank of unfamiliar vocabulary from the text and provide definitions in context beforehand. E.g. looking at a primrose leaf and identifying a "furrow".
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2014 Puffin Books edition of ‘The Borrowers’ by Mary Norton 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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