Reading

CURRICULUM FOCUS

We are learning to summarise a narrative text.

VOCABULARY

Narrative: Through narratives, children develop a strong sense of how stories work.

Structure: How parts in a story are put together

Orientation: The beginning part of the story where the setting, characters and the plot is introduced.

Setting: Setting sets the scene, mood and the characters in a story.

Characters: They are the ones who act in the events that are happening in the story

Plot: The way the author creates the events and organises a chain of events in a narrative story.

Sequence of events: Order of which events take place in a story.

Resolution: Solution to the events in the story.

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Read a narrative text (Eg: dot book from blue satchel) at home. 

Once you have finished, use the following prompts to summarise the important information: