Lesson 2: Making PredictionsText: The Secret Garden

• I can explain the meaning of the title• I can explore the front cover of the book

• I can make predictions using evidence from the text.DNA:

What did you learn from our work on Coraline? Think of at least 5 things.

E.g. Did you learn any new words or anything new about content domains?

What does muffled mean?

1hp

What does infer mean?

2hp

What is meant by ‘evidence’ ?

3hp

What is the link between Christians and Charity?

Name the Christian’s place of

worship.

1hp

Name the three elements that make

the Holy Trinity.

2hp

What is the Greek origin of the word

‘Christ’?

3hp

A sound which isn’t very loud because it’s

obstructed or dampened in some way

1hp

Infer means to use clues in the text as evidence

2hp

Parts of the text to support or back up thoughts or ideas

3hp

Year 5 Quick Comprehension:

The dawn of steam power was more than just a great step forward in technology: it had a huge and lasting effect on the culture of our nation too. Until the Victorian age, travel between Britain’s towns and cities was very hard. As the rail network grew, however, it became much easier and cheaper to move around the country. People from different regions began to mix more often, changing the way they viewed each other. Families could afford to go on holiday. It also meant that diets could be more healthy as fresh food could get to market before it went off.

Identify the content domain then answer the question: 1. Find and copy the word in the first sentence that means the same as beginning.2. According to the text, what did steam power have a lasting effect on?3. According to the text, what made it easier to move around the country? 4. What impression do you get of what people’s diets were like before the railways?

Year 5 Quick Comprehension Answers:

Identify the content domain then answer the question: 1. Find and copy the word in the first sentence that means the same as beginning.2a: dawn2. According to the text, what did steam power have a lasting effect on?2b: the culture of our nation3. According to the text, what made it easier to move around the country? 2b: The rail network4. What impression do you get of what people’s diets were like before the railways?2d: It says that ‘diets could be more healthy as fresh food could get to market before it went off’ after the railways. From this, I can infer that before the railways, people’s diets were not very healthy and they ate less fresh food.

What does ‘secret’ mean?

What does ‘garden’ mean?Challenge: Can you find synonyms for these words? We are analysing

the title of our new book!

What does ‘secret’ mean?A secret is something that is not seen or not meant to be known by others. Some synonyms for secret

are: confidential, untold or classified.What does ‘garden’ mean?

A garden is a piece of ground adjoining a house in which grass, flowers and shrubs may be grown.

Synonyms are: lawn, yard or grounds.We are analysing

the title of our new book!

The book we are focusing on this term is:

‘The Secret Garden’

Draw what you think a secret garden might look like…

Did it look like any of

these?

The book we are focusing on this term is:‘The Secret Garden’ – it has had different front covers

over the years. Here are some:

What do you think the book is about from these covers?

Draw a circle map with your predictions about what the ‘Secret Garden’ will be about, based on the front covers.In the frame of reference, explain what about the front

cover made you think that (the reason behind your prediction).

Use your circle map to write a paragraph explaining what you think The Secret Garden

will be about and why.