Teacher to:

• revise narrative structure using a familiar story as the focus of discussion
• display the cover of the book.

Students to:

• predict possible complications and potential solutions
• with teacher guidance, offer evaluative opinions on other books they know of by this author or illustrator.

Students to:

• identify the narrative structures discussed before the reading
• reflect on the accuracy of their predictions
• discuss how the story made them feel
• compare their own reactions to the reactions of the students in the video
• express a point of view about the difference between reading a book or having it read to them.

In this video Lisa Shanahan, author, and Emma Quay, illustrator, read their book ‘Bear and Chook by the Sea’.

Improve your students’ understanding of English textual concepts by using the ‘Before’ and ‘After’ activities with this resource to prompt discussions on narrative structure, the difference between reading a book and having it read to them, as well as their emotional responses to the text.

Extend the discussion by asking students to:

• think about how the author and illustrator elicited emotional responses; what words or pictures made them feel the way they did?
• explain why it is different to have a book read to them, what did the author and illustrator do that made them enjoy the book more?

Completing this activity affords students the opportunity to:

• recognise a range of purposes and audiences for spoken language and recognises organisational patterns and features of predictable spoken texts (EN1-6B)
• recognise that there are different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter (EN1-8B)
• think imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts (EN1-10C).