This document outlines the learning objectives and activities for a lesson on making predictions about a novel. The objectives are to have students form their own ideas based on evidence, learn key vocabulary, and write a prediction based on their reading. The lesson activities include analyzing a book cover, reading chapter 1, defining vocabulary words, and predicting what will happen next in the story based on clues. Students are assigned homework to post a response on an online forum.

1. Predictions
Learning Objectives
Today I will:
• Form my own ideas based on evidence.
• Learn key vocabulary and definitions.
• Write a prediction based on my reading.

2. What is the name of
the novel?
Who is the author?
What colour(s) have
been used?
What mood or
atmosphere does this
colour create?
What image is used?
What effect does this
image have on you?
Does it make you feel
a particular way?
Are there any other
pieces of information
provided on the
cover?
What do you think the
book will be about?

3. What is the name of
the novel?
Who is the author?
What colour(s) have
been used?
What mood or
atmosphere does this
colour create?
What image is used?
What effect does this
image have on you?
Does it make you feel
a particular way?
Are there any other
pieces of information
provided on the
cover?
What do you think the
book will be about?

4. What is the name of
the novel?
Who is the author?
What colour(s) have
been used?
What mood or
atmosphere does this
colour create?
What image is used?
What effect does this
image have on you?
Does it make you feel a
particular way?
Are there any other
pieces of information
provided on the cover?
What do you think the
book will be about?

5. What is the name of
the novel?
Who is the author?
What colour(s) have
been used?
What mood or
atmosphere does this
colour create?
What image is used?
What effect does this
image have on you?
Does it make you feel a
particular way?
Are there any other
pieces of information
provided on the cover?
What do you think the
book will be about?

6. Reading Chapter 1
• Reading in parts:
• I will read the narration
• I need volunteers to read the parts of:
– The unknown voice
– Mum
– Fliss

7. Key Vocabulary
• Stick the grid into your book.
• Using a pencil and ruler, match up the key
word to the definition.
• If you have finished, see if you can find any
examples from the chapter.

8. Premonition Doing words or action words. E.g. the red ball
rolled.
Atmosphere A vivid dream, vision or feeling that suggests
something bad is about to happen.
Foreboding Words that are objects or items e.g. Chair,
table, air, love, boy, girl…
The red ball rolled.
Adjectives Implying or seeming to imply that something
bad is going to happen.
Nouns Words used to help describe an object or place
e.g. the red ball rolled.
Verbs The air, climate or feeling in a place.

9. Premonition A vivid dream, vision or feeling that suggests
something bad is about to happen.
Atmosphere The air, climate or feeling in a place.
Foreboding Implying or seeming to imply that something
bad is going to happen.
Adjectives Words used to help describe an object or place
e.g. the red ball rolled.
Nouns Words that are objects or items e.g. Chair,
table, air, love, boy, girl…
The red ball rolled.
Verbs Doing words or action words. E.g. the red ball
rolled.

10. What will happen next?
• In your exercise books…
Using the key vocabulary we have just learnt,
the ideas from the book covers and what
happened in chapter one, try to explain what
you think will happen in the rest of the book.
I think that…. because…

11. Homework
• In your homework diary write:
– Check firefly for task details.
• You will find a task requesting you to post an
answer on the forum.
• You will need to write your response in the
box provided and enter it under the relevant
question.