Responding to an unseen extract from Burnett's 'The Secret Garden'
I can confidently understand an unseen extract from Burnett’s ‘The Secret Garden’ and make a range of inferences.
Responding to an unseen extract from Burnett's 'The Secret Garden'
I can confidently understand an unseen extract from Burnett’s ‘The Secret Garden’ and make a range of inferences.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Book covers can be useful tools in making predictions about a text.
- Use the first reading of an unseen extract to establish key information about plot, character and setting.
- Next, read the text more closely to consider the meaning of specific words and phrases.
Keywords
Predict - to say what you think will happen in the future.
To infer - to form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have.
Extract - a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.
Tone - the general mood or feeling of a text.
Common misconception
That you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
If we consider a literal book cover, it has been chosen to introduce the reader to the tone of the text.
Equipment
You will need an extract from 'The Secret Garden' which is available in the additional materials.
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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