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Learning Intention: We are learning about characters in narratives and how they can change from the beginning middle and end.
Learning Intention: We are learning about characters in narratives and how they can change from the beginning middle and end.
Students are learning to identify and discuss character features and actions at the beginning, middle and end of a narrative text.
Students are learning to identify and discuss character features and actions at the beginning, middle and end of a narrative text.
Success Criteria:
Success Criteria:
Students can:
Students can:
- contribute to whole and small group conversations
- identify the main character in a familiar text and how character traits or actions change through a narrative from beginning, middle to the end
- share an opinion about a character from text.
‘shrieked’
‘shrieked’
A student-friendly definition for shrieked is to make a very high, loud sound, especially because you are afraid, angry, excited, or in pain.
A student-friendly definition for shrieked is to make a very high, loud sound, especially because you are afraid, angry, excited, or in pain.
‘lonely’
‘lonely’
A student-friendly definition for lonely is feeling unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to.
A student-friendly definition for lonely is feeling unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to.
Tier 2 words
Tier 2 words
Tier 2 words that highlight how Thelma is feeling. For example, inspired, shocked, content, proud, stressed, fearful, worried, upset, lonely.
Tier 2 words that highlight how Thelma is feeling. For example, inspired, shocked, content, proud, stressed, fearful, worried, upset, lonely.
Invite students to role-play the emotions recorded on the list. Suggested prompts may include:
Invite students to role-play the emotions recorded on the list. Suggested prompts may include:
What would your face look like if you were feeling this emotion?
What would your face look like if you were feeling this emotion?
What would your body look like?
What would your body look like?
What is something you might say when you are feeling this emotion?
What is something you might say when you are feeling this emotion?
When have you felt this emotion?
When have you felt this emotion?
A sentence has a subject (noun-who) and verb (action or feelings) to make a complete message.
A sentence has a subject (noun-who) and verb (action or feelings) to make a complete message.
Activity: choose a student to share their sentence using the word ‘shriek’ or ‘lonely’, and scribe their sentence. Highlight the parts of the sentence that make it a complete thought, for example, the subject (noun) and verb (action or feeling).
Activity: choose a student to share their sentence using the word ‘shriek’ or ‘lonely’, and scribe their sentence. Highlight the parts of the sentence that make it a complete thought, for example, the subject (noun) and verb (action or feeling).
Activity: Brainstorm different verbs (actions) that apply to thinking positively about oneself. For example, draw, run, sing, build, dance, kick and so on. Think aloud the grapheme-phoneme correspondences (letters and sounds) for words as they are recorded. Create and display a word bank.
Activity: Brainstorm different verbs (actions) that apply to thinking positively about oneself. For example, draw, run, sing, build, dance, kick and so on. Think aloud the grapheme-phoneme correspondences (letters and sounds) for words as they are recorded. Create and display a word bank.
Discussion: Compare the characters Thelma the Unicorn and Edward the Emu. Explain that both characters had similar behaviours and actions in that they both wanted to be someone else. Unpack how the authors created main characters who were happiest when they were themselves. Explain that the main idea (theme) of the texts is that we are happiest when we are ourselves.
Discussion: Compare the characters Thelma the Unicorn and Edward the Emu. Explain that both characters had similar behaviours and actions in that they both wanted to be someone else. Unpack how the authors created main characters who were happiest when they were themselves. Explain that the main idea (theme) of the texts is that we are happiest when we are ourselves.
I can think it, I can say it, I can write it.
I can think it, I can say it, I can write it.
I can ...
I can ...
Too hard? Encourage students to attempt writing using approximations. You can scribe students’ sentences.
Too hard? Encourage students to attempt writing using approximations. You can scribe students’ sentences.
Too easy? Students write a sentence independently with additional verbs using a connective such as ‘and’.
Too easy? Students write a sentence independently with additional verbs using a connective such as ‘and’.
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