The comprehension phase is the biggest and will take some time to complete. The activities include several recorded outcomes using graphic organisers such as Role on the Wall; some short burst writing and, new for this sequence, a computing challenge. Again, this phase repeats activities from the comprehension phase of Once Upon a Blue Moon to build upon children’s experience. To further challenge upper KS2, there is the opportunity to compare and evaluate The Short Story of… with a similar, but more challenging film, The Girl and the Fox.
The comprehension activities are:
- Decision wheel
- C and S questions – information about the Cs and Ss
- Character
- Role on the wall
- Venn diagram
- Trading card / character study
- Axis of emotion
- Setting
- Setting description
- Optional computing challenge
- Comprehension questions
- Extension activity for upper KS2 – Comparison and Challenge Questions
Explanations and examples of the activities can be found on the downloadable PowerPoint. Other downloadable resources can be found below in both Word and PDF forms.
Role on the wall template
file(s) 10 KB
Venn diagram template
file(s) 132 KB
Venn diagram template PDF
file(s) 12 KB
Trading card - the fox
file(s) 56kb
Trading card - the fox
file(s) 73kb
Trading card - the mouse
file(s) 203kb
Trading card - the mouse
file(s) 278kb
Describing a scene template
file(s) 10kb
Comprehension questions
file(s) 9.93 KB
Comprehension questions PDF
file(s) 22 kb