Literacy :Comprehension

Objective : to consider the poem "A thoroughly Modern Grandmama" by Moira Andrew and to answer questions and draw inferences to complete a formal comprehension exercise.

Shared te reading of the poem with the pupils - everybody read at some point.

considered issues around new vocabulary

Identified and discussed features of the genre - poem

• Rhyming and rhyming scheme
• lines
• verses

Considered the questions - introduced concept of information retrieval vs inference/deduction

Complerted the comprehension as a shared activity on IWB - modelled the process of developing 1 word answer into full answer. 

Pupils completed the comprehension exercise as individuals.