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Day 13 · Report, viewpoint, storyYear 4 English · T1 W3–4 · Day 13 lesson

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Year 4 / English / Term 1 / Weeks 03 04

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Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Aim: distinguish source-supported report, marked opinion and an imagined event, and listen to another interpretation. Prepare: Cards A/C/D; do not call the story evidence of real use. Codes: AC9E4LA02, AC9E4LA03, AC9E4LY03, AC9E4LY02, AC9E4LY05.

  1. Retrieve · 2 min. Contrast “The drawing labels one shelf” with “The shelf is wonderful.” Key: model-supported report versus evaluation.
  2. Model · 5 min. Adult-read Card C and the first half of D. Mark C's “In my view” and request, then D's characters, speech and tension. Model a respectful exchange: “I hear your idea that Ivo was careless. I think the phrase ‘two low tables’ also made the route ambiguous.”
  3. Guide · 6 min. Finish D. Sort three statements: “Card A labels three baskets” (report of paper model); “Nia would add a pause point” (viewpoint/request); “Mira stopped at a table” (event inside the invented story). Ask if Mira proves a real access problem. Key: no. Let a child add a different plausible feeling for Ivo with a textual clue.
  4. Choose · 7 min. Day 13 learner route: compare a report/viewpoint/story fragment in a different domain. Require one phrase that reveals purpose and one sentence that stays within the source.
  5. Exit · 3 min. “Is an opinion always false?” Key: no; it is a view that can have reasons. “Does a fictional event become an observation because it sounds possible?” Key: no.
  6. Record · 2 min. Note whether the learner acknowledged or built on another's view, without scoring speech fluency as understanding.