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KS3 English - Reading Comprehension Lesson & Plan - 06, "White"

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Age range: 11-14

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KS3 Read & Respond 06 - White

A bright, detailed and vividly planned lesson that aims to test KS3 students with their ability to read, comprehend and respond to a stimulating short story.

A part of the reciprocal reading scheme of work . Enjoy two FREE examples of the lessons here and here .

For a great discount on ten more reciprocal reading lessons, be sure to check out the reciprocal reading bundle .

The lesson has four steps:

Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity Read - Read through the material as a group with the help of bold images and vocabulary prompts Understand - Summarise the material and reflect upon its impact on the reader Respond - Continue the story, exploring it from various narrative perspectives to understand how the events took place

This lesson focuses on the short story “White” and asks students to evaluate the impact that the story’s twist ending had on the reader, as well as to consider the author’s intent when writing the story.

This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, a PPT full of images, worksheets, questions and examplars, as well as containing a printable version of the short story itself to read with the class.

It bakes crucial GCSE skills into the plan, preparing students to meet AO objectives, and teaching them to consider the use of quotations to back responses. This lesson focuses on the impact that narrative perspective has on story, and author intent and reader response.

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KS3 Read & Respond: A 10 lesson, fully planned SOW centered on reading comprehension. In the bundle are 10 carefully planned lessons that aim to push KS3 students' reading, comprehension and essay/creative writing skills. For 10 more fantastic comprehension lessons, be sure to check out the [2023 reciprocal reading bundle](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-reciprocal-reading-scheme-of-work-12935597). Each lesson focuses on a unique short story (all selected from the BBC 500 word contest) and includes a host of activities to guide learning, bolstering reading, comprehension and critical thinking/metacognitive skills. Each lesson follows four steps: **Starter** - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity **Read** - Read through the material as a group with the help of bold images and vocabulary prompts **Understand** - Summarise the material and reflect upon its impact on the reader **Respond** - Produce either an essay, creative writing piece or other planned response to the short story. This SOW includes a detailed lesson plan for each of the 10 lessons, PPT's full of images, worksheets, questions and examplars, as well as a printable version of each short story to read with the class. This SOW bakes crucial GCSE skills into the plan, preparing students to meet AO objectives whilst teaching them to consider the use of quotations to back responses.

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KS3 Comprehension  contains 6 self-contained text extracts with reading comprehension worksheet questions, accompanied by model answers. This 51-page teaching pack is versatile enough to be used in class, as a sequence of homework tasks, or for end-of-term/year assessments and cover lessons. KS3 Comprehension  helps students complete the transition from primary to secondary level and provides an effective introduction to 19th century and early 20th century literature. The extracts are suitable for year 7 and year 8 reading comprehension lessons and can be used to supplement existing schemes of work.

This pack is an adapted version of our Primary Comprehension teaching pack, and contains newly commissioned KS3 curriculum questions, replacement texts and a selection of supporting resources.

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Introduction 

Extract 1 – Five Children and It by E. Nesbitt 

Extract 2 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum 

Extract 3 – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 

Extract 4 – Odin’s Reward by Mary H. Foster and Mabel H. Cummings 

Extract 5 – The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde 

Extract 6 – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 

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This sample shows the comprehension questions for  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland  by Lewis Carroll:

1. Why is there not a moment to be lost?    

2. ‘… away went Alice like the wind ...’ What does the simile ‘like the wind’ tell you?    

3. Look at the paragraph which begins: ‘There were doors all round the hall …’  Why is Alice walking ‘sadly’ in this paragraph?    

4. ‘... but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small’ Which of the following is closest in meaning to ‘alas’?     Interestingly!        Oh dear!        Amazing!        Surprise!

5. What does the author’s use of this word ‘alas’ suggest to us about how Alice feels?     

6. In the next sentence beginning ‘However …’ Alice’s feelings change. Explain what this change is, and how you know (try to use a quotation).    

7. In the next line ‘… even if my head would go through,” thought poor Alice …’ the author calls her ‘poor’. Why?

8. How do we know that Alice feels more cheerful after drinking the contents of the bottle? Is it because the author tells us:  a. she found the taste of the drink ‘very nice’ so she ‘finished it off’, b. she has a ‘curious feeling’ or c. ‘her face brightened’. 

9. What clues are there that Alice is someone who doesn’t give up easily? 

10. At the end, why does Alice ‘sit down and cry’?      Extension task Write the next two paragraphs of the story. In your writing, you need to ensure that the following questions are answered: a. Does Alice get the key? b. Does Alice open the door to the garden? c. Does the White Rabbit / another character appear?

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