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Puppets and Scene - Gingerbread Man Activities
F 1 Pre & Primary Essentials Resources English Examining Literature Creating Literature Literature & Contexts 4 Pages

Puppets and Scene - Gingerbread Man Activities

Cut out pictures of characters and an A4 setting.

Can be used as a puppet show to recreate the story of The Gingerbread Man

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Learning goals

  • 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 imitate favourite characters in texts through role play.
  • 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

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 EN1-10C old Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts 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 ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults ENE-RECOM-01 new Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect ENE-CWT-01 new Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences 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-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
VCELT159 Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images VCELT149 Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary 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 VCELT150 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text

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

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