English Unit: Belonging and Identity in Fairytales
Embark on a magical journey with our 'Belonging and Identity in Fairytales’ unit for Foundation-level students. Dive into classic tales like Cinderella and Goldilocks, exploring themes of identity. Whole-class reflections and creative activities help students connect these timeless stories to their own sense of belonging. Join us in weaving a tapestry of self-discovery and connection through the enchantment of fairytales.
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 create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to explore, record and report ideas using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge.
- 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 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.
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
AC9EFLY06
9
Create and participate in shared editing of short written texts to record and report ideas and events using some learnt vocabulary, basic sentence boundary punctuation and spelling some consonant–vowel–consonant words correctly
ACELT1577
8.4
Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators
ACELY1654
8.4
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
ACELY1652
8.4
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
ACELY1651
8.4
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
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
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-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-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-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
ENE-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
ENE-OLC-01
new
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
VCELT171
Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts
VCELT170
Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators
VCELY163
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
VCELY161
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
VCELY160
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
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.