Making comparisons across books
I can form connections to a text and draw comparisons across books.
Making comparisons across books
I can form connections to a text and draw comparisons across books.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Connections are ways in which you connect personally with a text.
- Personal experiences impact the way that we interpret and connect to a text.
- Connections can be from text-to-self, text-to-text or text-to-world.
- We can draw comparisons between stories by considering character, setting, plot and themes.
- ‘The Moon Dragons’ can inspire us to draw comparisons with other stories that portray the female heroine, e.g. ‘Mulan’.
Keywords
Connections - ways in which you connect personally with a text
Comparison - involves the act of highlighting similarities or differences between two or more things
Female heroine - a woman within literature who possesses heroic qualities
Common misconception
Children may have questions or misconceptions around how the 'red-headed female heroine' is portrayed within stories.
It is important to explain that in life we do not judge somebody's qualities or traits based on their appearance. However, authors do sometimes use appearance to communicate certain messages.
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.
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might connect to them emotionally, e.g. feel empathy or inspiration
might feel a connection to the place, environment or surroundings
might enjoy stories that have similar storylines, e.g. quests
might connect these to issues or topics in their own life e.g. bravery
how the content of the text relates to personal experiences
how the content of the text relates to another text
how the content relates to events and issues in the real world