Unit 3 The Big Yam
Let’s talk What is the title of the story below? Look at the picture. What do you think the story will be about? Reading
The Big Yam: Part 1 A farmer had a big yam. The yam got bigger and bigger and bigger. The farmer wanted to dig up the yam.
He dug and dug. He pulled and pulled.
1 What is the farmer doing? 2 How does he feel?
• Let’s talk: Make a note of pupils’ predictions . Revisit after reading: Were they correct? • Point out that the answer to Question 1 is in the story. The answer to Question 2 is not. Pupils must work out the answer. • Tell pupils that good readers look for clues. Their answers are based on what they have read or can see in the picture ( using context clues and making inferences ). • See Workbook 1 pages 113–115 for more work on making inferences.
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