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Learning Intention: We are learning to form opinions about characters and understand that authors/others have different perspectives.
Learning Intention: We are learning to form opinions about characters and understand that authors/others have different perspectives.
Success Criteria:
Success Criteria:
Students can:
Students can:
- view the world from a character's perspective
- view the world from a character's perspective
- identify words (adjectives) that describe character features
- identify words (adjectives) that describe character features
- describe character traits and features
- describe character traits and features
- make connections to personal experiences and knowledge.
- make connections to personal experiences and knowledge.
Focus on the use of alliteration, for example, ‘serious, silent, still, standing elephants’ or ‘golly gosh’.
Focus on the use of alliteration, for example, ‘serious, silent, still, standing elephants’ or ‘golly gosh’.
Why are the elephants are so serious?
Why are the elephants are so serious?
Remind students that Elmer’s special trait is being funny and making jokes.
Remind students that Elmer’s special trait is being funny and making jokes.
What did Elmer do to make the other elephants laugh?
What did Elmer do to make the other elephants laugh?
Model wordplay through jokes, for example:
Model wordplay through jokes, for example:
Why won’t the elephant use a computer? Because it is afraid of the mouse.
Why won’t the elephant use a computer? Because it is afraid of the mouse.
What is yellow on the outside and grey on the inside? An elephant dressed in banana skin.
What is yellow on the outside and grey on the inside? An elephant dressed in banana skin.
Why are elephants so wrinkly? Because ironing them would take too long.
Why are elephants so wrinkly? Because ironing them would take too long.
Five little elephants standing in a row.
Five little trunks waving to and fro.
‘Good day,’ said an elephant, ‘I must go.’
Four little elephants standing in a row.
[Continue with – 4 little elephants; 3 little elephants etc]
One little elephant standing in a row,
One little elephant waving to and fro,
‘Good day,’ said an elephant, ‘I must go.’
No little elephants standing in a row.
Draw, Talk, Write, Share
Draw, Talk, Write, Share
Create a short poem with students that uses wordplay including alliteration, repetition, rhyme, and onomatopoeia, such as:
Create a short poem with students that uses wordplay including alliteration, repetition, rhyme, and onomatopoeia, such as:
Bang, crash! Stomp, stomp!
Bang, crash! Stomp, stomp!
Can you hear the elephants as they
Can you hear the elephants as they
romp, romp, romp?
romp, romp, romp?
Write the poem on a large sheet of paper and have students create illustrations that can be presented around it.
Write the poem on a large sheet of paper and have students create illustrations that can be presented around it.
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