MODELLED AND SHARED READING

The BFGRoald Dahl

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We are learning to:

Activate prior knowledge so that we are ready for reading

Ask questions while we are reading so that we understand the story and really think about what is happening Think, peer,

shareWhat does this

mean? How do we do it?

Activating prior knowledge

What do we

already know

about:

How to read?

Vocabulary?

This topic?

The author

and her/his writing?

Activating prior knowledge: Questions

What do I already know about this topic? Do I recognise the author’s name? What

does this tell me?

When I hear the word.... It makes me think about....

The words/pictures remind me of......

From: The BFG, Roald Dahl

From: The BFG, Roald Dahl

Vocabulary

dormitory

pavement

lavatory

rims

lenses

•Read it •Discuss what it means•Predict what this might tell you about the story •When I hear this word it makes me think of.....

lenses 1. A large room in which many people sleep, e.g. at a boarding school or in a hostel.

rims 2. A paved path for pedestrians alongside a street.

pavement 3. A toilet, or a small room or cubicle containing a toilet.

lavatory 4. A curved part that holds and forms an edge to lenses in a pair of glasses.

dormitory 5. Transparent pieces of glass for focusing.

Day 2

Think, peer, shareWhat are our learning intentions for shared reading this week?

What do we know so far?

Questioning

Before reading

During reading

After reading

Does that make

sense?STOP – sort

it out

I wonder why; what; how; who;

when, if...?What might

happen next?What is the author trying to tell me?

Basic but important

Smart Questions

I wonder why; what; how; who; when, if...?

What might happen next?

What is the author trying to tell me?

Smart Questions

Question gridBefore Questions Why do I ask

this question? Any answers?

What is a witching hour? Chapter title

During questions Why do I ask this question?

Any answers?

Is it always this quiet at night or is something strange going to happen?

Title; never known such a silence

After questions Why do I ask this question?

I have a before reading question –

why is it this chapter called: The Witching

Hour?Think, peer, share

What ‘before reading’

questions do you have?

Basic but important – what is

this telling me?

Basic but important

– what does this mean?

During reading

question:

From: The BFG, Roald Dahl

Question gridBefore Questions Why do I ask

this question? Any answers?

Why is the first chapter called ‘The Witching Hour’?

During questions Why do I ask this question?

Any answers?

Is it always this quiet at night?

Sophie had never known such silence

After questions Why do I ask this question?

Zooming in

Read this paragraph

Think: what three things do you

notice?Share with a

partner

tiny tiniest

?From: The BFG, Roald Dahl

Review – how did we get on with our learning today?

Questioning: before, during and after reading

Basic but important Smart questions

Think, peer, share

One thing I learned today was..... I think I still need help with.....

Day 3

Think, peer, shareWhat are our learning intentions for shared reading this week?

What do we know so far?

Answer to my

question

Basic but important: what do we

learn from this paragraph?Basic but

important: what do we

learn from this paragraph?

Smart question: why

was she so worried about

looking out the window?

Think, peer, share

Can you think of a smart question?

From: The BFG, Roald Dahl

Question gridBefore Questions Why do I ask

this question? Any answers?

Why is the first chapter called ‘The Witching Hour’?

During questions Why do I ask this question?

Any answers?

Is it always this quiet at night?

Sophie had never known such silence

After questions Why do I ask this question?

Review – how did we get on with our learning today?

Questioning: before, during and after reading

Basic but important Smart questions

Think, peer, share

One thing I learned today was..... I think I still need help with.....

Day 4

Think, peer, shareWhat are our learning intentions for shared reading this week?

What do we know so far?

Basic but important – do I understand this paragraph? Think,

peer, share

Smart question: why did the author use a different font

here?

Think, peer, share

After reading questions

From: The BFG, Roald Dahl

One thing I learned this week .....

I thing I still need help with......

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