Analysing character in an unseen extract from Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'
I can make precise inferences about characters and explain quotations in detail.
Analysing character in an unseen extract from Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'
I can make precise inferences about characters and explain quotations in detail.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Magical-realist texts have a real world setting in which magic happens.
- Use the first read of an unseen extract to establish key information about plot, character and setting.
- Next, read more closely to consider the meaning of specific words and phrases and their effects.
- Imperative language means giving commands.
Common misconception
That magic in stories always happens in a make-believe, faraway world.
Magical-realist stories are set in the real world but magic and fantastical events happen.
Keywords
Predict - to say what you think will happen in the future
Character - a person in a novel, play, or film
Extract - a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music
Quotation - a phrase or short piece of writing taken from a longer work of literature
Inference - a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
Equipment
You will need a copy of the Chicken House Books edition of ‘Asha and the Spirit Bird’ by Jasbinder Bilan.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
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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