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P4 HAL Unit

Unit Rationale · An attempt to enrich the reading experience of the high-ability pupils through meaning construction and interaction with the text · To introduce reading strategies used by good readers to enhance the reading experience. · To engage high-ability pupils in exploring full texts and through the interaction with these rich texts be able to perform respectful and meaningful tasks based on their reading.

Enduring understanding: · Reading is about constructing meaning and good readers employ various strategies to construct meaning. · Reading requires making connection to text, self and world. · Reading is thinking.

Essential Questions: · What is involved in good reading? · How do good readers make sense of what they read? · What is the relationship between reading and writing? · How does reading influence our thinking and vice versa?

Knowledge · Know some effective strategies used by effective readers to help them decode meaning · The structure and language features of narrative texts

Skills · Describe cause-effect relationship · Empathise with the characters in the story · Describe how word choice and imagery contribute to the meaning of the text · Use information to make inference and draw conclusions Text: The Great Quillow by James Thurber Reading Strategies for use with HALs (b)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Pre-reading: Anticipation Guide; Word Splash (c)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> During Reading: Annotation, Jacob’s Ladder, Paul’s Elements of Reading; Media Literacy (use of music); ICT: use of IT as a platform for reflection and/or feedback sessions à pupils post ideas online, opportunities for discussion, ground rules to be set; AE-infused (use of HOM: focusing on responsible risk-taking) (d)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Task focusing on Context, audience and purpose e.g. Thank you letters, tableau, Creative problem solving (PBL style) Planning ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Each school will plan a lesson for the unit. ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> For your lesson, identify the Know, Understanding and Do (skills) and the lesson activity(s) and strategy(s) that you will help to achieve the KUDs. ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> If there are additional materials like worksheets, etc, please include them in your lesson plan.

The Text These are some __suggested__ sections from the text which you can work on.

p.289 to p.294: ending with “Does anyone have any idea of how to destroy the giant Hunder?” -Some prediction activities can be done: anticipation guide, etc.

p.294 to p.296: ending with 2nd para from top “…sound of their silver hammers on the silver bells of the round white dial.” -creative problem solving activities

p.296 to p.302: ending with “Quillow smiled as he saw that the giant lay with his heart to the east…”

p.302 to end.

The text is rich is the use of figurative language. There could be a lesson on that.

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