Reading
Point of View
WALT identify the point of view within narratives.
Success Criteria
- Identify the perspectives in the story.
- Compare perspectives.
Monkey Symphony
Watch the video.
In your literacy books/on seesaw/ in your literacy folder explain what happens from each monkey's perspective.
Little Red Riding Hood.
First read the original version of Little Red Riding Hood.
Then watch/listen to the The Wolf’s Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood by Toby Forward.
Use Sheena Cameron's Point of View Chart (get one from your reading teacher) to explain the following questions:
- In the traditional version of the story, what is the point of view? Who are the “good” guys? Who are the “bad” guys?
- What is different in the fractured version of the story? Who tells the story? Do any of the “good” or “bad” characters change?
- Who do you feel bad for in the traditional version? What about in the fractured version of the story? Why do you feel that way?
- Did your feelings change about the characters in any of these stories? How and why did your feelings change?
- Did you feel the authors added a personal touch in any of the versions? Which version seemed the most special to you? Why?
- Which version did you enjoy the most? Why?
School Journal L2 August 2018.pdfLevel 2
Schoo Journal L2 September 2014.pdfLevel 2
School Journal L3 August 2013.pdfChoose one of these stories/ plays to read:
- The Perfect Presentation August 2018 L2
- I want to be Zippy September 2014 L2
- Eggbert and the princess L3
Identify who the main characters are.
Compare and contrast the perspective of two of the characters using the Sheena Cameron graphic Organiser.
What do they think is the right thing to do?
Who do they think should make decisions?
What do they think in the end?
Author's Purpose
WALT:identify the author's purpose of writing.
Success Criteria: be able to tell and write evidences of the writing purpose.
Write the main purpose of the author's writing and state some evidences related to the purpose.
To be filled in the graphic organizer.
Use the following prompts while completing the template :
Why did the author write the story?
To whom is he writing the story ?
Find important information or statement that describes the author's purpose.
Evaluation means does the author achieved his goal or purpose, if yes describe how ?
Making Connections
WALT: make connections between a variety of fairy tales
S/C: connect my self to the text
- Connect other texts I have read
- Connect the world to the text
Task 1: Making Connections
1- Watch the video and think about the Making Connections reading strategy
2- After the video answer these questions in your Literacy book
- How does making connections help you when reading a text?
- What are the 4 different types of connections?
- Write down what each connections means.
Task 2: Sheena Cameron worksheet
Pick a text to read individually.
Once you have read the text complete the Sheena Cameron making connections sheet (get a copy from your teacher). Upload it to Seesaw and caption it when you're done.
School Journal Part 2 Number 2 2004.pdfLevel 2
School Journal L3 August 2013.pdfLevel 3
School Journal L4 May 2017.pdfLevel 4
Compare and Contrast
WALT: Compare and contrast different elements of a fairy tale.
Success criteria:
- Choose 2 fairy tales from the selection below and read them, thinking about what you would like to compare between them.
- Use this graphic organiser to list the comparisons.
- Identify the similarities between the 2 stories.
School Journal Part 2 Number 2 2004.pdfLevel 2
School Journal L3 August 2013.pdfLevel 3
School Journal L4 May 2017.pdfLevel 4
Characters
WALT: analyse and create character descriptions.
Success Criteria:
- Create character descriptions.
- Use a story board to describe the main events from the fairy tale.
- Change the ending of a fairy tale.
Task 1: Sleeping Beauty
- Watch the videos on character traits and development.
- Read or listen to the story Sleeping Beauty.
- Complete the reading activities for Sleeping Beauty. You may choose to make a copy of the slide or complete in your literacy book.
Task 2: Little Red Riding Hood
- Read the story on Little Read Riding Hood
- Complete the Creating a Character Activity.
- Create a Wanted Poster for one of the characters from Little Red Riding Hood and post to Seesaw.
- You can choose to do this on a Google Drawing or get some paper from the art cupboard to make make your wanted poster.
Task 3 : Play Scripts
- Get into groups and practice performing one of the below plays. You teacher will be able to print out copies of the play.
- Cinderella
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Little Red Riding Hood
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Developing Your Understanding of Text Structures.
WALT: notice the language of time in stories. How the author shows us time moving on in texts.
Success Criteria:
- Recognise words that show us the order of events e.g. then, after, before, immediately, as soon as, now and others.
- Recognise words that show by time is moving in the past e.g. on, last in, ago, at, yesterday, today and maybe more.
- Look for the words that tell you the setting a character is in and check for words that told you when they entered that 'scene'.
Task Three
What is the author's main message to you?
Task Four
Write a modern day story with the same message and a different setting.
Task One
Read the story here. Watch the video here.
Task Two
Fold a piece of paper into four squares, you are to draw 4 pictures. You are going to be the illustrator. Illustrators have to pick the exact moment in the story and illustrate everything in it.
Picture 1
Draw a picture of what is happening on line 1, at the word 'bored'. In the picture we should see; who was there, where it is happening, what is happening and how the characters are feeling.
Picture 2
Draw a picture of what is happening on line 7, at the word 'laughed'.
Picture 3
Draw a picture of what is happening on line 19, at the word 'Wolf, Wolf!'
Picture 4
Draw a picture of what is happening on line 26, at the word 'come'.
The Little Red Hen
Developing Your Understanding of Text Sequences
WALT: notice the language of time in stories. How the author shows us time moving on in texts.
Success Criteria:
- Recognise words that show us the order of events e.g. then, after, before, immediately, as soon as, now and others.
- Recognise words that show by time is moving in the past e.g. on, last in, ago, at, yesterday, today and maybe more.
- Look for the words that tell you the setting a character is in and check for words that told you when they entered that 'scene'.
Task Three
What is the author's main message to you? Is the hen being mean when she doesn't give the animals any bread? Why or why no
Task Four
Write a modern day story with the same message and a different setting