Year 3 English · Reading fiction · Summary
Year 3 English Reading fiction: summary and key words
Part of the Year 3 English reading fiction chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Retrieve | Find a detail the text states. Use the question word (who, where, when, what, why) to find the sentence. |
| Character and setting | A character is a person or animal in the story. The setting is where and when it happens. |
| Word meaning in context | Read the words around the word, and choose the meaning that fits the sentence. |
| Plot | The events of a story in order: beginning, problem, middle, climax and ending. |
| Infer | Work out a feeling or motive that is not stated, from what the character does and says. Give the evidence. |
| Predict | A sensible guess about what will happen next, from clues that are stated or implied. Give a clue. |
| Fable, myth and legend | A fable has animals who talk and a moral. A myth explains something in nature. A legend is about a hero or a place. |
| Theme | The big idea a story is about, which you can say in your own words and support with a sentence from the text. |
Can you…?
- I can retrieve a detail from a story, and check it in the text
- I can name the characters and the setting of a story
- I can explain the meaning of a word from the words around it
- I can put the events of a story in order, and name the problem and the ending
- I can infer a feeling or a motive, and give evidence from the text
- I can predict what will happen next, using clues
- I can recognise a fable, a myth or a traditional tale, and name its theme or lesson
- I can ask questions about a text and take turns when I talk about a story
Key terms
- character
- a person or animal in a story
- setting
- where and when a story takes place
- plot
- the events of a story, in the order they happen
- theme
- the big idea that a story is about
- infer
- to work out a feeling or a reason that is not stated, using evidence from the text
- retrieve
- to find a detail that the text states, and check it
- evidence
- the words or actions in the text that support an answer
- predict
- to make a sensible guess about what will happen next, using clues
- fable
- a short traditional tale with animals who talk, that ends with a moral
- myth
- an old story that explains something in nature
- legend
- an old story about a hero or a real place
- moral
- the lesson that a fable teaches