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Book Week - Meet My Character
F 1 2 Pre & Primary Essentials Games & Activities Resources Book Week Worksheets English Examining Literature Literature & Contexts Engaging With & Responding to Literature 3 Pages

Book Week - Meet My Character

This worksheet is part of a larger unit called Celebrating Book Week (Early Years), created to celebrate Book Week, shortlisted books and festivities each year. This worksheet can also be used standalone resource. Students will have so much fun drawing and creating their own characters. This is also a great activity to inspire students to write about their characters and a great opportunity for story writing.

Learning goals

  • 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 make connections to personal experiences when explaining characters and main events in short texts.
  • We are learning to describe characters, settings and events in different types of literature.
  • We are learning to compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts.
  • We are learning to discuss characters and settings in different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways.
  • 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 make connections to personal experiences when discussing texts.
  • We are learning to describe plot, characters and settings in stories.
  • We are learning to compare characters and settings in different texts and identify the verb groups used to convey actions, emotions and dialogue.

Curriculum alignment

AC9EFLE01 9 Share ideas about stories, poems and images in literature, reflecting on experiences that are similar or different to their own by engaging with texts by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators AC9EFLE02 9 Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters AC9E1LE02 9 Discuss literary texts and share responses by making connections with students’ own experiences AC9E1LE03 9 Discuss plot, character and setting, which are features of stories AC9E2LE03 9 Discuss the characters and settings of a range of texts and identify how language is used to present these features in different ways ACELT1577 8.4 Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators ACELT1591 8.4 Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways ACELT1589 8.4 Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts ACELT1584 8.4 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts ACELT1582 8.4 Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with students' own experiences ACELT1783 8.4 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts ACELT1575 8.4 Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences
EN1-11D old Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences EN1-7B old Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter EN1-4A old Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies 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 EN1-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose EN1-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
VCELT207 Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with own experiences VCELT208 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and compare some features of characters in different texts VCELT219 Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways VCELT242 Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts 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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