Stories with historical setting

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Direct the children to consider what facts they can find out about life in the period which the book is set (e.g. Victorians, Tudors)

'How can we tell the story is set in the past?

What particular words and phrases help you to imagine the place where his story is set?’

They consider what they would see, hear, smell and how they would feel if they were in this place.

'What do you think about this character? Do you like/dislike them? Why? What makes this character tick?'

Takes an event in the narrative and then begins to explore with the children how the author evokes feelings in the reader. The character's behaviour during this event is explored.

children to produce a character sketch.

Children to produce a character sketch; what character like, dislike, their appearance, personality, friends, hopes and fears. The children are encouraged to use phrases and words from the text to support their sketch

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