Compare and contrast story settings (?) Y1

[Cortina]

Hi

Can any teachers etc help with what this means in practice? Thanks

[IWasThatEasterBunny]

Like the 3 bears live in quite a friendly forest, but Hansel and Gretel get lost in a sinister, dark forest. What specifically has your son been asked to 'compare and contrast'?

(Sounds like GCSE to me.....)

[Cortina]

It's a target for this term. Can check but just wondered if anyone 'knew'. Must be fairly straightforward...how does it work as regards Y1 level?

[FranSanDisco]

It means look at the different setting used in stories and look at the similarities and differences. For example, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretal and Goldilocks involve forests and houses. Little Red Riding Hood knows the house; other two houses are stumbled upon and inhabitants unknown. Sleeping Beauty and Jack in the Beanstalk feature castles. Cinderella, Hansel and Gretal and Snow White have wicked step mothers. Some have a handsome prince who comes to the rescue etc.

[IWasThatEasterBunny]

nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/primary/primaryframework/literacy/planning/Year1/Narratives tories/unit4

This is a target straight out of a sequence of teaching for the last section of litercy for Year 1 (look at'phase 1')

IMHO this is a teaching point within the sequence to be done with the whole class, not to be set as a target for an individual child! I can't see how that will measurable and achievable until about Y8, when he starts writing analytical essays!

I'd go and ask nicely for an achievable target like : to use connectives/ full stops and capital letters / join writing - there are loads of achievable targets that you can set a Y1 child. Targets have to be understood by the child, otherwise they are a complete waste of time.

[Cortina]

Thanks.

[mrz]

I agree with IWTEB I would cover that aspect in class discussion not use it as an individual target.
I would be -
Reading, comparing and contrasting a range of fantasy world settings from different books. Identifying objects found in the settings that make them different from the world around us. Creating own fantasy settings (small world & role play & in own writing) using knowledge gained from shared reading.