Reading for Meaning

Reading for Meaning

Understanding how the characters are formed and developed by the author builds effective comprehension skills.

Together as a group we studied one of the main characters from the book,

Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten By Bob Graham (a wonderful story portraying friendship and empathy).

We identified some important qualities about Rose, the little girl in the story. We investigated the parts of the story that highlighted these qualities and how the author developed her character.

We also identified her physical characters by describing how she looks.

Using this model, the children chose a favourite known story; identified the main character and described this character's personality and physical traits.

When your child is discussing a story with you ask them about the characters in the story, encouraging them to give you evidence of their understanding.