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4.4.1 Intensive Reading: Class Readers

English · Grade 7 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Main characters in a class reader: who they are and what they do
  • How a character’s actions make the story flow
  • Predictions from the title and from the section just read

What you will be able to do

  • identify the main characters in a text
  • explain how the characters make the story flow
  • make predictions based on the title and the sections read
  • appreciate the role of characters in the class reader

Key questions

“What would you consider when selecting a storybook to read?”

Lessons

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  1. Who is a main character?
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    A main character is a person whose actions change the story. List them and say what each one does in the section.
  2. How characters make the story flow; predicting
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Show how one deed causes the next, then predict from the title or the last page you read — and give a reason.