Amazing Friends

Pre-reading activity

We are learning to:

Let's discuss: All Animals can be Friends

(Examples of animal relationships: prey and predator friendship – cats and dogs, cats and mice, lions and deer)

Sentence starters:

Guiding questions:

• How do animals communicate with one another if they are of different species?

• How are the animals friends if they are predator and prey?

• Have you seen animals of different species become good friends? When or where did that happen?

Reading the text

Text type: Recount

What is a Recount: A recount tells a series of events in the past that are chronologically sequenced.

We Are Learning To (WALT):

1. understand a text through predicting, questioning and recalling story ideas.

2. make text-to-self [T-S] or text-to-world [T-W] connections to understand what is said in the text.

Success criteria:

Orientation:

• Where and when did this recount take place? (setting in time and place)

• Who are the characters?

• What is their relationship to one another?

Chronology of events:

• What are the events that happened to the characters in this recount?

Comment:

• How did the characters impact one another in the story?

What is a Tsunami?

Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea.

For your viewing pleasure

Animal relationships - are these animals friends or foes? What makes you say that?

Responding to Text

Question the Character

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