To engage with a text
In this lesson, we will make predictions based on a book cover, read the beginning of 'The Suitcase Kid' and record our opinions.
Unit Overview: The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
Lessons:
5 lessons
To answer retrieval questions
In this lesson, we will answer retrieval questions, skimming and scanning for key information words.
To answer inference questions
In this lesson, we will answer inference questions. We will identify key information in the questions and use skimming and scanning to find the answers.
To analyse language
In this lesson, we will analyse the author's use of language.
To analyse a character's emotions
In this lesson, we will analyse how the main character is feeling.
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- Poetry - The Listeners by Walter de la Mare
- The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Hansel and Gretel by Anthony Browne
- Greenling by Levi Pinfold
- Mulan by Michaela Morgan
- There's A Boy In The Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar
- Reading for Pleasure Year 3
- History VIP: Mary Anning by Kay Barnham
- Walter Tull's Scrapbook by Michaela Morgan
- Demon Dentist by David Walliams
- London is the Place for Me by Lord Kitchener
- I Was a Rat! by Phillip Pullman
- Hidden Depths: Exploring the Deep by Chloe Rodes
- Reading for Pleasure Year 5
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- The Giant's Necklace by Michael Morpurgo
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- Into the Forest by Anthony Browne
- The Firework Maker's Daughter by Phillip Pullman
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