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My Favourite Part
F 1 Pre & Primary Essentials Worksheets English Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas Phonic & Word Knowledge Examining Literature Creating Literature Literature & Contexts Engaging With & Responding to Literature 1 Page

My Favourite Part

In this worksheet, students reflect on their favourite part of the story, retelling it through writing and drawing.

This resource is part of a larger Gruffalo unit, which focuses on retell skills, rhyming and personal responses to the story.
 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning that in narrative and informative texts, the words and pictures work together to create meaning.
  • We are learning that in narrative and informative texts, the words and pictures work together to create meaning.
  • We are learning to listen for rhyme, letter patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness).
  • We are learning to listen for rhyme, letter patterns, syllables and sounds in words.
  • 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 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 retell and adapt familiar texts through role play, performance, images or writing.
  • We are learning to retell familiar texts through role play, reciting rhymes, drawing pictures or using technology.

Curriculum alignment

AC9EFLE02 9 Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters AC9EFLE05 9 Retell and adapt familiar literary texts through play, performance, images or writing AC9EFLE03 9 Recognise different types of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings AC9EFLA07 9 Explore the contribution of images and words to meaning in stories and informative texts 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 AC9EFLY09 9 Recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness) 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 ACELT1580 8.4 Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images ACELA1786 8.4 Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts ACELT1578 8.4 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text ACELT1783 8.4 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts ACELT1577 8.4 Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators ACELA1439 8.4 Recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words
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-4A old Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies 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-11D old Responds to and composes simple texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them ENE-CWT-01 new Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences ENE-RECOM-01 new Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect ENE-PHOAW-01 new Identifies, blends, segments and manipulates phonological units in spoken words as a strategy for reading and creating texts ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
VCELA168 Identify rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and some sounds (phonemes) in spoken words VCELT150 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text VCELT149 Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts VCELT171 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts VCELT170 Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators VCELA145 Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts VCELT159 Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images 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.

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