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Belonging Journey
F Pre & Primary Essentials Worksheets English Literature & Contexts Engaging With & Responding to Literature Creating Texts 1 Page

Belonging Journey

Inspired by The Ugly Duckling, this worksheet asks students to reflect on a moment where they have felt out of place. Students then identify the people in their lives who make them feel special and accepted, just like when the Ugly Duckling finds his place.
 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to identify connections between texts and our personal experiences.
  • We are learning to respond to stories and share our feelings and thoughts about events and characters.
  • We are learning to create and edit short written texts to record and report ideas and events using capital letters, punctuation and correct spelling of CVC words.
  • We are learning to identify connections between texts and personal experiences.
  • We are learning to respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators.
  • We are learning to share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts.
  • We are learning to edit texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops, for ourselves and others.
  • We are learning to construct texts using software including word processing programs, e.g. MS Word.
  • We are learning to create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to explore, record and report ideas using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge.

Curriculum alignment

ENe-3A old Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts ENe-2A old Composes simple texts to convey an idea or message ENe-11D old Responds to and composes simple texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences ENe-10C old Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them ENE-HANDW-01 new Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts ENE-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts ENE-SPELL-01 new Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts ENE-CWT-01 new Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences
VCELY163 Construct texts using software including word processing programs VCELY160 Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge VCELY161 Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops VCELT171 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts VCELT170 Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators VCELT148 Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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