English Unit: Friendship
This ‘Friendship’ unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good friend.
Including brainstorming, role-play scenarios and some early years book suggestions that revolve around the theme of ‘Friendship’. The presentation takes a closer look at the book ‘Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley’, written by Aaron Blabey, retelling the story and providing questions for students to ponder at the completion of the unit.
Learning goals
- 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 make connections to personal experiences when discussing texts.
- We are learning to describe plot, characters and settings in stories.
Curriculum alignment
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
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
ACELT1584
8.4
Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts
ACELT1589
8.4
Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts
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
EN1-7B
old
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
EN1-11D
old
Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences
EN1-OLC-01
new
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
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
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
VCELT242
Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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