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English Unit: The Gruffalo
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English Unit: The Gruffalo

One of our most requested resources, this unit is built around the classic Julia Donaldson book, ‘The Gruffalo’. It focuses on retell skills, rhyming and personal responses to the story.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to identify connections between texts and our personal experiences.
  • We are learning to identify connections between texts and personal experiences.
  • We are learning to recognise characteristics of different types of texts, e.g. traditional beginnings and endings of fairy tales and rhyme in poetry.
  • We are learning to identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text.
  • We are learning to make connections to personal experiences when discussing texts.
  • We are learning to make connections to personal experiences when explaining characters and main events in short texts.
  • We are learning to describe plot, characters and settings in stories.
  • We are learning to describe characters, settings and events in different types of literature.
  • We are learning to retell or adapt familiar stories through performance, reciting rhymes, writing, drawing pictures or using technology.
  • We are learning to retell familiar texts through role play, reciting rhymes, drawing pictures or using technology.

Curriculum alignment

EN1-10C old Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts ENe-11D old Responds to and composes simple 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 EN1-11D old Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences ENe-8B old Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter 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 EN1-CWT-01 new Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure EN1-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas 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
VCELT208 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and compare some features of characters in different texts VCELT148 Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences VCELT207 Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with own experiences VCELT150 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text VCELT192 Recreate texts imaginatively using drawing, writing, performance and digital forms of communication VCELT193 Build on familiar texts by using similar characters, repetitive patterns or vocabulary VCELT149 Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts

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

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