Picture book
Literacy Lesson 3
What's in a question?
Introduction
Watch the video below for an introduction to the lesson.
Understanding the tasks
Rating the tasks
This lesson contains a few activities. Each activity will have one or more tasks. These tasks have been given a rating.
Some of the tasks in this lesson are must do. These are important to help you understand the introductory ideas or skills.
Have a go at the should do tasks and reach out to your friends or teacher if you need some advice. These will usually take a bit longer to complete than must do tasks.
Could do tasks will probably take you some extra time and might need you to get creative or problem solve. We strongly encourage you to try these.
Activity 1 - Warm up words
Task 1
Yesterday we learned about the importance of word consciousness, to be alert and notice the words around us.
We also learnt about precise words, and the importance of using subject specific language for both the topic and numeracy.
Read the circled words/phrases on the double page spread below.
After you have finished reading, scroll down to find the activities.
In the drag and drop activity, use your ‘word conscious’ skills to categorise the highlighted words as either subject specific language, precise language or numeracy language.
In the mark the word activity, click on the numeracy language used in the sentence.
Task 2
We also learnt some new knowledge about language and visual features in texts.
Check your understanding by completing the interactive quiz below.
Task 3 - What have I learned so far?
During Lesson 1 you began to fill out your KWL chart on graphic texts.
Pause now and complete the ‘What I learned’ column, and think about all the new knowledge and skills you have learnt so far.
Note: Don't open a new copy of the file, make sure you edit the document you already created in Lesson 1.
Activity 2 - The big question
Task 1
In preparation for your development of a new double page spread, you will need to start thinking about your own big question.
Read all of the Question formulation - A "big question" example Google Slide below, which will help you develop your own big question.
Click on the Red links inside the presentation to see more information for each section.
Remember your audience and purpose!
When you feel confident that you understand the question formulation (creation) process, check your understanding by completing the drag and drop on A big question example 2.
Task 2 - Your turn
Use the Question formulation Google Slides activity template to create your own big question.
Find your own visual image as stimulus for a big question, and start to fill in the boxes.
This is a good time to start thinking about a big question you would like answered.
Click on the button to open a new tab and view the Google Doc.
Click on the Use Template button to create a copy for you to edit.
Hint: Remember to consider your purpose and audience as you develop your big question. You need to engage and target your audience – primary age children. Also, consider opportunities to develop numeracy skills: size and measurement.
Activity 3 - Curious kids and fun facts
Task
To support the development of your big question, check out the Curious Kids questions on The Conversation website.
These questions are posed by Primary aged children (who may be your audience) to experts in the field of knowledge their question is about.
The website will help you understand what your audience wants to know.
Better still, you might find some fun facts in the process.
For example, I didn’t know an octopus had a brain in each arm!
Hmm... I wonder how many octopuses fill an ocean?
This could provide the basis for exploring similar questions with a Secondary audience.
Click on the picture of the octopus to visit the website.
Want to check your written answers for Activity 1?
Activity 1, Task 2:
Question 4 - Identify the iconic Australian images on the ‘Kangaroos’ page.
Note: Remember, iconic means that the person or thing has come to represent or typify a place.
Hint: You only need to include kangaroos once, there are five others to be found.
Suggested Answer:
Answers could include: cork hat, kangaroo, Sydney Harbour Bridge, combi van with surfboard on the roof, Opera House, dolphins/marine life, kangaroo crossing sign
Handing in your work
Don't forget to hand in the work you completed today!
Your teacher will have told you to do one of the following:
Upload any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your Learning Management system (MS Teams, Google Classroom for example).
Email any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your teacher.
Make sure you keep any handwritten work you did in your exercise book or folder as your teacher may need to see these when you are back in class.