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My Favourite Fairy Tale
P F 1 2 Pre & Primary Essentials Games & Activities Resources English Text Structure & Organisation Examining Literature Engaging With & Responding to Literature Analysing, Interpreting & Evaluating 1 Page

My Favourite Fairy Tale

Use this resource to respond to your favourite fairy tale story through summarising main events and justifying why it is your favourite.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to respond to stories and share our feelings and thoughts about events and characters.
  • 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 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 share and listen to reasons for personal preferences.
  • We are learning to identify features, such as characters and settings, of different literary texts and give reasons for personal preferences.
  • We are learning to identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain and give reasons for personal preferences.

Curriculum alignment

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-8B old Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of 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-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them 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
VCELT149 Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts VCELT150 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text VCELT207 Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with own experiences VCELT206 Express preferences for specific texts and authors and listen to the opinions of others VCELT171 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts VCELT241 Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences VCELT170 Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators

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

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