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Wombat Stew Retell
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Wombat Stew Retell

This worksheet can be coupled with the story mapping worksheets to assist students in writing a retell of the events in ‘Wombat Stew’. Students identify the main events in the beginning, middle and end, to write their very own retell. This worksheet also includes a retell checklist to remind students of the core elements of a simple retell.
 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to recognise that different types of texts can use words, groups of words and images to make meaning.
  • We are learning to respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators.
  • We are learning that in narrative and informative texts, the words and pictures work together to create meaning.
  • We are learning to respond to stories and share our feelings and thoughts about events and characters.
  • We are learning that in narrative and informative texts, the words and pictures work together to create meaning.
  • We are learning to identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text.
  • 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 share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts.

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 ENe-9B old Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts ENE-CWT-01 new Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences ENE-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them ENE-RECOM-01 new Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect
VCELT171 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in 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 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 VCELA144 Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaning

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

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