Year 4 - Guided Reading - The Reluctant Dragon

Year 4 - Guided Reading - The Reluctant Dragon

This two week guided reading plan focuses on The Reluctant Dragon by David Lucas. This plan follows a whole class guided reading approach meaning that all children are required to do the same activity on each day. The activities are differentiated.

The activities include a follow up task, comprehension, language activity and spelling focus.

Example Plan:
Text: The Reluctant Dragon
Day 1:
Children to have the front cover of the text and first page and complete table

• What techniques can you see?
• Is the Reluctant Dragon going to be a villain or a hero? What tells you this?
  Children to read pages 1 - 11 in pairs.
  Content Domain:
  Identifying, discussing and collecting effective words and phrases which capture the reader’s interest and imagination e.g. metaphors, similes
  Making predictions based on information stated and implied

Possible Questions:
pp2-5 What is the difference between “terrible” and “terrified”? Does the shepherd’s wife look frightened? What about his son?
p8 The boy says “Don’t worry.” Do you think his parents are: very worried – a little bit worried – not at all worried?
p11 What kind of questions would you ask a dragon?

Activity:
Make a prediction about what might happen in the story

Day 2:
Follow Up Task
Content Domain:
Identifying main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarising these

Children to read pages 12 - 30 in pairs.

Activity:
Look at pages 12- 30 in pairs. Write down any figurative language. Pick out similes, metaphors adjectives that evoke the scene.
e.g I suppose the Earth sneezed or shook itself.

Day 3:
Spelling Focus: [SHORT ACTIVITY]
See Slides on IWB

Day 4:
Comprehension
Children to read pages 31 - 40 in pairs.

Content Domain:
Analysing and comparing a range of plot structures.

Activity:
Children to complete a range of questions using different skills. True/False, matching different sentence starters and endings, ordering the story.

Day 5:
Free reading – any text
Free writing – writing a new introduction to The Reluctant Dragon.
Challenge: Can they include any of the spelling words we have focused on?