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Retelling The Three Little Pigs
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Retelling The Three Little Pigs

This retell activity is great for building on oral language and retell comprehension skills for The Three Little Pigs. Use paddle pop sticks to turn the characters into puppets and use the background to assist in recreating the story.

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Learning goals

  • 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 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.
  • We are learning to imitate favourite characters in texts through role play.
  • We are learning to understand how authors develop characters, settings and events in a variety of texts.
  • We are learning to understand how authors develop characters in 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.

Curriculum alignment

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 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 AC9E1LE03 9 Discuss plot, character and setting, which are features of stories AC9E1LE01 9 Discuss how language and images are used to create characters, settings and events in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators 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 ACELT1584 8.4 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts ACELT1581 8.4 Discuss how authors create characters using language and images ACELT1586 8.4 Recreate texts imaginatively using drawing, writing, performance and digital forms of communication ACELT1831 8.4 Innovate on familiar texts through play ACELT1580 8.4 Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images ACELT1785 8.4 Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts, for example beginnings and endings of traditional texts and rhyme in poetry ACELT1578 8.4 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text 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
EN1-11D old Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences ENe-11D old Responds to and composes simple 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 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 ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults 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 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 EN1-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas EN1-CWT-01 new Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them
VCELT205 Discuss how authors create characters using language and images VCELT159 Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images VCELT208 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and compare some features of characters in different texts 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 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 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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Act out your own version of the story, ‘The The Little Pigs’.

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