English Unit: The Very Cranky Bear
Complete this ‘The Very Cranky Bear’ unit after reading the text. This unit has a large focus on important areas of the text that assist with early
comprehension skills. Including characters, setting, problems within a story, the resolution, as well as sequencing and retelling main and important events from the story. The unit also includes a comprehension assessment, to gauge student understanding at the completion of the unit. After completing this unit, students will have a great understanding of the text and feel more confident comprehending the text.
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Learning goals
- 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
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
AC9E1LE05
9
Orally retell or adapt a familiar story using plot and characters, language features including vocabulary, and structure of a familiar text, through role-play, writing, drawing or digital tools
ACELT1586
8.4
Recreate texts imaginatively using drawing, writing, performance and digital forms of communication
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
EN1-11D
old
Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences
EN1-10C
old
Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts
EN1-7B
old
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
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
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
VCELT208
Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and compare some features of characters in different texts
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
VCELT207
Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with own experiences
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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