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Summarising the key events and ideas in 'The Pebble in my Pocket'

I can identify, sequence and summarise the key events and ideas in 'The Pebble in my Pocket'.

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Year 3

Summarising the key events and ideas in 'The Pebble in my Pocket'

I can identify, sequence and summarise the key events and ideas in 'The Pebble in my Pocket'.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. 'The Pebble in my Pocket' is a narrative non-fiction text that teaches us about the history of our world.
  2. The pebble is 480 million years old and has existed in many forms, landscapes and climates.
  3. The author, Meredith Hooper, conveys a deeper meaning behind the pebble's journey through her writing.
  4. Everything that exists has a story to tell and helps us to build our understanding of the world.

Keywords

  • Sequence - to put events in the order in which they happened

  • Summarise - to pull out the key events and ideas from a text

  • Deeper meaning - hidden messages within the text that the author is trying to convey

Common misconception

Children might think that the story is only about a pebble being found and its story.

The author conveys the deeper meaning that everything that exists has a story to tell and builds our understanding of the world.

It is recommended that the children have been read the full story, at least once, prior to this lesson.
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6 Questions

Q1.
The 'Pebble in my Pocket' is what type of text?
a poem
a narrative fiction
a non-fiction information text
Correct answer: a narrative non-fiction
Q2.
What do we learn about in 'The Pebble in my Pocket'?
the journey of a pebble into the future
Correct answer: the history of how a pebble has formed over millions of years
what a pebble looks like
how a pebble feels
Q3.
How does the earth change throughout 'The Pebble in my Pocket'?
it stays the same
it becomes a playground for dinosaurs
Correct answer: it moves and forms mountains and rivers
Q4.
How old is the pebble?
Correct answer: four hundred and eighty million years old
four hundred and eighty years old
forty eight years old
four million years old
Q5.
How does the author create imagery for the reader?
she uses very simple and factual language
Correct answer: she uses precise and descriptive vocabulary
she uses two narrators
Q6.
Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.
Correct Answer:landscape,the features of an area of land

the features of an area of land

Correct Answer:climate,the weather conditions in an area

the weather conditions in an area

Correct Answer:forms,the different ways in which something can exist

the different ways in which something can exist

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.
Correct Answer:sequence,to put events in the order in which they happened

to put events in the order in which they happened

Correct Answer:summarise,to pull out the key events and ideas from a text

to pull out the key events and ideas from a text

Correct Answer:deeper meaning,hidden messages within the text

hidden messages within the text

Q2.
Starting with the first, order the landscapes chronologically according to the pebble's journey.
1 - volcano
2 - mountains
3 - cliff
4 - river
5 - seabed
6 - beach
Q3.
What is the main idea the author conveys throughout the pebble's journey?
how to build houses
adventures with animals
Correct answer: how the Earth changes
how to find a pebble
Q4.
What impact does the author's use of two narrators have?
Correct answer: it shows us how a question somebody asks today can be answered through history
it makes it funny to read
Correct answer: it signals to the reader a shift in time
Q5.
How would you best summarise the pebble's journey?
it is really old and changed a lot over time
it went on a really long journey
Correct answer: it is 480 million years old and existed in many forms, landscapes and climates
Q6.
What is the deeper meaning of 'The Pebble in my Pocket'?
the pebble has existed for a really long time
the earth has changed a lot
Correct answer: everything that exists has a story to tell and helps us learn about the world
the pebble has changed a lot