Characters' Viewpoints and Responses
Identify and compare characters' points of view, recognise who is narrating a story, describe how characters respond to events and challenges, and compare characters' experiences across different stories or versions of the same story
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When your child reads a story told from one character's point of view, can they think about how a different character in the same story might have seen events differently?
Identify and compare characters' points of view, recognise who is narrating a story, describe how characters respond to events and challenges, and compare characters' experiences across different stories or versions of the same story
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Check understanding
- Identify who is telling a story and explain how you know (e.g. 'The wolf is telling the story because he says I')
- Describe how a character responds to a problem or challenge using evidence from the text (e.g. 'When the bridge broke, she decided to swim across')
- Compare how two characters from different stories react to a similar situation (e.g. how two heroes show bravery in different ways)
“When your child reads a story told from one character's point of view, can they think about how a different character in the same story might have seen events differently?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Reading Comprehension
- Age range
- Ages 6–8