Building comprehension of 'The Moon Dragons' through rich discussions
I can infer meaning from 'The Moon Dragons'.
Building comprehension of 'The Moon Dragons' through rich discussions
I can infer meaning from 'The Moon Dragons'.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Alina’s motivations for finding the moon dragon was different to everyone else’s and she valued them more than gold.
- Asking questions and having rich discussions builds our understanding and allows us to hear different perspectives.
- Searching for clues within a text can help us infer greater meaning.
- We can retrieve evidence from the text to help us justify our inferences.
- A character's actions, experiences and words can be analysed to infer greater meaning.
Keywords
Inference - drawing conclusions from clues within the text
Discussion - the process of talking about something to exchange ideas
Retrieve - to find information within the text
Common misconception
Children may develop simple questions where the answer can be retrieved from the text rather than involving inference to uncover.
Model the difference between a retrieval and an inference question. E.g. For page 13, a retrieval question could be 'How did the King speak to Alina?' whereas an inference question could be 'What did the King think about Alina's declaration?'
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2015 Andersen Press Ltd. edition of ‘The Moon Dragons’ written by Dyan Sheldon and illustrated by Gary Blythe 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).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
skimming and scanning to find information from the text
talking to others about the meaning of what we have read
using clues from the text to draw further conclusions