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Day 16 · What an image shows, and what it cannotYear 4 English · T1 W3–4 · Day 16 lesson

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Year 4 / English / Term 1 / Weeks 03 04

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

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

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Aim: compare two views of a paper model and analyse how framing and placement change attention; avoid treating a picture as a real access test. Prepare: Card F, model-evidence planner or tactile build. Codes: AC9E4LA10, AC9E4LY05, AC9E4LY04.

  1. Retrieve · 2 min. Ask which Week 3 sentence would be safe about a drawing. Expected: “The drawing labels…” rather than “The room has…”
  2. Model · 5 min. Read Card F aloud. Draw a small top-view with entrance → mat and a separate side-view with shelf below window. Say “Top-view centres the dotted route; side-view makes relative height salient. Neither gives scale, daylight or reach. Different frames answer different questions.”
  3. Guide · 6 min. Pairs identify one supported detail from each view and one question neither answers. Key: mat central/dotted route, shelf below drawn window; real width or reach unknown. On a tactile mat, use distinct edges/labels, never colour alone.
  4. Choose · 7 min. Day 16 learner route: frame a different fictional paper model from two views, explain what moved into attention and name a limit. Adult can scribe the child's own reasoning.
  5. Exit · 3 min. “If the side-view draws sunlight, have we measured a real room?” Key: no. If a learner says yes, contrast symbol/prediction with measurement.
  6. Record · 2 min. Note whether the child used image labels, spoken description or tactile arrangement, not just visual acuity.