Feathers First Worksheet (Page 4 of 4) in pdf

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Ruru

nocturnal

“a bit early for me”

clever

“Not if we all club together against

her”

After reading

• Briefly discuss any words or phrases that the students found difficult

and the strategies they used (or could have used) to work them out.

• Revisit the character charts. Have the students put into words a

description of one of the birds and share it with the group. (Note that

some birds have more information about them in this text than others.)

They could then write a sentence or two to describe each of three birds

from the play, using the information from their charts. (Summarising;

inferring)

• Have the students discuss with a partner the elements that make this

play funny. Get them to focus on the characterisation of the birds and

how this creates some of the humour. (Analysing and synthesising;

making connections)

• Study the illustrations and discuss how they support each bird’s

characteristics. (Making connections; inferring)

• Reflect with the students on how well they have met the learning goal

and how the success criteria helped them. “How did using the

character chart help you to summarise the main points about each

bird?” “How will your learning about summarising support you when

you are reading another funny story or play?” Note any teaching points

for future sessions.

Links to further learning

What follow-up tasks will help my students to consolidate and/or extend their

new learning?

• Have the students perform the play, using their knowledge of each bird

to develop their character. (Making connections)

• Have the students complete a character chart when reading other texts

and then write a character summary from their information.

(Summarising; making connections)

• Ask the students to share with a partner how summarising helped them

to better understand a character in a text when reading independently.

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