To establish a background knowledge of the story and create an initial impression
In this lesson the children will make some inferences by looking at book covers and pictures from World War II. They will also generate their own questions and most of these will be answered by the teacher.
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Lesson summary: To establish a background knowledge of the story and create an initial impression
The next lesson in Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian is "To make inferences about characters in the book"