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|Session 3 1001 Arabian Nights - Sinbad the Sailor |

|National Curriculum |English: Listen to and discuss a wide range of fiction; Increase familiarity with a wide range of books including myths |

| |and legends and retell some of these orally. |

|Teaching Objectives |To identify common themes and structures within traditional fiction. |

|Resources |Weblinks |

|Information sheets covering: ‘Recurring themes’ activity sheet; Examples of other | - |

|stories of moralistic/allegorical nature & Teacher checklist for common themes in ‘1001 |Storynory audio and text; |

|Nights’ stories. |

|Books, e.g. Sinbad the Sailor by Marcia Williams [Walker Books, ISBN 978-1406319446]; |1405855426.pdf - Much-abridged versions of the Sinbad stories; |

|The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor by Quentin Blake [Pavilion Children's Books, ISBN| - Audio clips of two |

|978-1843651291]; Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) by William |‘Uncle Remus’ tales. |

|Harvey [Penguin Classics, ISBN 978-0140442892]; 1001 Arabian Nights Complete [Superior | |

|Publishing House, ISBN 978-1450532754]. | |

|Whole class: The Key Question for this session is: What are the themes and/or structures in the ‘1001 Arabian Nights’ stories? Tell the chn that they are|

|going to continue reading/listening to more of the ‘Arabian Nights’ stories in this session, again with the focus of identifying narrative themes and |

|structures. Today, they will explore a set of stories featuring a popular narrative hero: ‘Sinbad the Sailor’. Some of the chn may already know about |

|Sinbad; ask them to share what they remember about this character and the adventures he has. Revisit the list of themes and structural devices created |

|during the previous session. The books listed above can be used, while many alternative versions are available: all chn will enjoy Marcia Williams’ |

|excellent cartoon stories featuring Sinbad’s adventures, while less proficient readers will not be put off by text-heavy narrative. Audio and on-screen |

|versions for shared reading are also available from ‘Storynory’ (see weblink). |

|Hard (Guided) |Medium/Easy |

|Having allowed this group to quickly read several stories (you might even give this group the |Supported by working with a partner (mixed ability to |

|opportunity to do this in advance of today’s session), ask the chn to think of any other stories, |support less proficient readers), chn explore the |

|or collections of stories that feature similar themes, e.g. the parables in the Bible, Aesop’s |Sinbad stories. Once several have been read or |

|fables, Brer Rabbit (see Uncle Remus weblink), the Anansi stories or perhaps those featuring |watched, hand out copies of the Information sheet |

|Nasreddin Hodja from Turkish folklore. Refer to the Information sheet entitled ‘Recurring themes’ |entitled Examples of other stories of |

|activity sheet (session resource). Choose examples to share of some less familiar stories, again |moralistic/allegorical nature (session resource). Chn |

|recognising the same recurring themes. Lead a discussion focusing on why so many stories from the|should ‘tick off’ recurring themes they have noted and|

|traditional fiction genre exist that centre on a ‘quick-witted hero’, ‘morals’ or ‘lessons to be |providing examples/evidence from the text story as |

|learned’. |necessary. |

|Plenary |Lead a discussion of the chn’s observations, referring again to the Information sheet with the Teacher checklist for common themes in ‘1001|

| |Nights’ stories (session resource). Add to the bank of ‘flashcards’ started in the previous session, completing a resource that can be |

| |referred to over the next two sessions when chn will plan and write their own ‘Arabian Nights’ story. Ask chn from the Guided group to give|

| |a couple of examples of other characters from traditional fiction that share characteristics with Aladdin, Ali Baba or Sinbad. |

|Outcomes |Children will: |

| |Become familiar with the ‘Sinbad’ stories |

| |Discuss common themes and the structure of the Arabian Nights stories |

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