Shared reading Y8

We are learning to: • Activate our prior knowledge in order to prepare for reading • Make connections to understand the narrator’s feelings and

action

Think, pair, share: What are connections?

Good readers think before they read

What do I already know? What do I expect when I read this text? Why?

Activating prior knowledge

Predicting

What do I already know about this text? 3 things

What do I predict it will be about?

Narrative Boy

He is different

His life; not fitting in

Check – do you still agree with your

predictions? Do you want to add or

change anything?

Think, pair, share: What does this mean?

We are learning to:

Make connections while we are reading

In the textPersonal experiences

Other things I know

What do we already know?

Narrator 10 yearsFeels like an

ordinary kid but looks different

ConnectionPeople scream when

they see him – he hates it and would do

anything to change it

Think-pair-shareWhat important

info have we learnt?

Think-pair-shareHow does he feel about himself?

Day 2: Warm-up

How many words can you make from wonder?

wonder

Wonders

We are learning to:

Make connections while we are reading

In the textPersonal experiences

Other things I know

Identify the important

information

Connection – how does this link to what we learnt in the first

chapter?

Connect up the ideas in this chapter and decide how August

feels about his friendships

Review the story so far. What do you think this quote means

now? Discuss with your partner and then

write this down. What connections did you make?

Day 3

Warm-up