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Random Acts of Kindness Calendar
F 1 2 3 Pre & Primary Essentials Worksheets English Examining Literature Literature & Contexts Engaging With & Responding to Literature 1 Page

Random Acts of Kindness Calendar

This worksheet is part of a larger unit about ‘friendship’.

This ‘Friendship’ Unit is great for reinforcing what it means to be a good friend. Including worksheets that encourage students to think about what it means to be a good friend, revolving around the theme of ‘Friendship’ and include various worksheets that relate to the story, ‘Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley’.

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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 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 compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts.
  • We are learning to discuss characters, events and settings in different contexts and the authors’ reasons for these depictions.
  • We are learning to discuss texts and the authors’ reasons for character depictions, settings and events.

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 EN2-10C old Thinks imaginatively, creatively and interpretively about information, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts EN1-4A old Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies 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-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them EN2-UARL-01 new Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts EN2-RECOM-01 new Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension EN2-OLC-01 new Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting 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
VCELT242 Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts 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 VCELT274 Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors’ reasons VCELT208 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and compare some features of characters in different texts 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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