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Whole Class Reading Comprehension Resources to accompany:
A Secret of Birds and Bone
Chapter 1
- Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Illustrator: N/A
- Publisher: Chicken House
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3 KS2 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on Chapter One of ‘A Secret of Birds and Bone’ by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
Lessons best suited to Year 6. Book suitable for ages 9+
Download Contains:
34-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x printable PDFs
Extract not included.
Lessons Outline:
Pre-teach vocabulary, whole class guided reading, paired reading
Reading Skills foci:
Lesson 1
Visualising a setting, making inferences about a character
Lesson 2
Asking questions about a mystery story, making inferences about a character’s job
Lesson 3
Summarising a chapter, identifying themes and discussing how authors use language to impact the reader .
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LESSON OVERVIEWS
SYNOPSIS
A spellbinding story from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Girl of Ink & Stars, winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
In an Italian city ravaged by plague, Sofia’s mother carves beautiful mementoes from the bones of loved ones. But one day, she doesn’t return home. Did her work lead her into danger?
Sofia and her little brother Ermin are sent to the convent orphanage but soon escape, led by an enigmatic new friend and their pet crow, Corvith.
Together they cross the city underground, following clues in bones up to the towers of Siena, where – circled by magpies – the children find the terrible truth …
LESSON OVERVIEWS
A Secret of Birds and Bone Comprehension lessons. Lesson 1 Visualising a setting, making inferences about a character Lesson 2 Asking questions about a mystery story, making inferences about a character’s job Lesson 3 Summarising a chapter, identifying themes and discussing how authors use language to impact the reader .
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