Storybook Passport

• We are learning to understand texts can be in many forms such as signs, books and digital texts.
• We are learning to respond to stories and share our feelings and thoughts about events and characters.
• We are learning to identify some familiar texts and their purpose, such as symbols (exit signs, school crossings, badges), stories and informative texts.
• We are learning to understand how authors develop characters, settings and events in a variety of texts.
• We are learning to describe plot, characters and settings in stories.
• We are learning to describe some similarities and differences between imaginative, informative and persuasive texts.
• We are learning to recognise that texts have different features and purposes, e.g. recount, narrate, express opinion, inform, report and explain.
• We are learning to discuss how language and images are used to create characters, settings and events in a range of 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 differences between imaginative and informative texts, i.e. what is real or imaginary.
• We are learning to discuss depictions of characters in well-known fairytales, e.g. children in forests, royalty in castles.
• We are learning to identify the different text structures and language features of different types of texts, e.g. narratives, recounts, information reports, simple procedures, expression of opinion and responses to texts.
• 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 compare characters and settings in different texts and identify the verb groups used to convey actions, emotions and dialogue.
• We are learning to understand texts can be in many forms and that stories and informative texts have different purposes.
• 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 identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text.
• We are learning to recognise the meaning of symbols in everyday situations, e.g. signs, logos, emoticons.
• We are learning to identify that texts serve different purposes and that this affects how they are organised.
• We are learning to understand how authors develop characters in texts.
• We are learning to describe characters, settings and events in different types of literature.
• We are learning to explore texts from a range of cultures, e.g. Dreaming stories.
• We are learning to recognise that texts serve different purposes and they each have different features.
• We are learning to identify the different text structures and language features of different types of texts, e.g. simple narratives, persuasives, instructions and expositions.
• We are learning to discuss depictions of characters in print, sound and images which reflect the contexts in which they were created.
• We are learning to identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain and give reasons for personal preferences.
• We are learning to discuss characters and settings in different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways.

Curriculum alignment

• Australian Curriculum 30
• NSW 11
• VIC 16

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

Teach it your way

• Content to Differentiate
• Content to Extend

Linked resources & worksheets

• Year: F 1 2
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  Storybook Adventure Map

  Embark on a journey through the Storybook Adventure Map, a whimsical guide to the realms of storytelling. Navigate Character Cove, Setting S...

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