Who? What? When? Where?
Teacher Anne Girven
| YEAR
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LEVEL
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DURATION
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| 5-8
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3-4
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4 weeks
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| Achievement Objective Being Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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| Close Reading
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Discuss language, meanings, and ideas in different narrative texts.
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| Personal Reading
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Select and read independently, for enjoyment a range of narrative texts.
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| Interpersonal Listening and Speaking
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Listen to and interact with others to clarify understanding of narrative.
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| Processes
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| Exploring Language
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Identify and discuss the conventions, structures and language features of narrative texts.
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| Thinking Critically
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Discuss and convey meanings in narrative texts, exploring relevant experiences and other points of view.
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Teacher background reading
Teaching and learning activities
Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your students, and to fit the time available:
Set up a
learning (RTF 9KB)
with a wide range of narrative texts. Provide books by authors that children enjoy and introduce new authors. Ensure that you cater for the needs of all students in your class. Provide a
activities (RTF 107KB)
that students can choose to work on.
Learning task 1
Learning task 2
Learning task 3
Learning task 4
Assessment
Assessment Task
Students to select one narrative to read and complete one of the following activities:
- Write a synopsis of the book.
- Select two characters, describe and illustrate.
- Write a letter to the author. Write and give your opinion of the book and some ideas for a sequel.
- Make a dust jacket for your work, include the title, author, illustrator, publisher, and the date when the book was published.
The teacher assesses the students' personal assignments in terms of their understanding of how language features contribute to the effects of narrative texts.
Teacher observes and assesses the students' ability to recall the story-line and their awareness of the language features of the genre.
self_assessment (RTF 36KB)
assessment (RTF 17KB)
Resources
Resources from libraries
Student's own books
School journals
Brith the Terrible - 1982 P2 N1
Carlos Comes to Stay - 1988 P2 N1
Chimney Sweep - 1992 P1 N3
Dodgeball - 1985 P3 N3
Free as a Bird - 1989 P4 N2
Locked Room - 1983 P1 N2
Night Rescue - 1983 P3 N1
Rescuing Mum - 1989 P1 N1
Alien - 1995 P2 N2
Bow Down Shadrach - 1993 P3 N1
Ghost - 1993 P2 N4
Girl who Washed in Moonlight - 1984 P3 N1
The Snapper - 1982 P3 N1
Other journal resources can be found in the School Journal Catalogue under the following headings:
challenge
dilemma
predicament
author's names
Web Resources
Follow up
Share and read booklets produced by students in the class.
