To listen to and respond to a story
In this lesson, we will visit the forests of Africa as we listen to the story of Awongalema.
Unit: Awongalema: description
Lessons:
10 lessons
To tell a story from memory
In this lesson, we will use the 'Hear, Map, Step, Speak' method to begin to retell the story of Awongalema from memory.
To describe using the senses
In this lesson, we will explore the story of Awongalema using all of our senses.
To add -es for plural nouns
In this lesson, we will apply our knowledge of plurals to some descriptive sentences.
To make inferences based on what is said and done
In this lesson, we will learn to use evidence from the text to make inferences about how characters are feeling.
To box up for purpose
In this lesson, we will box up the story, exploring how we can describe using our senses in each section.
To explore how writers create vivid description
In this lesson, we will read as a writer, creating a toolkit for our own descriptive writing.
To write a story using vivid description
In this lesson, we will use all of our senses as we describe the first scene in the story of Awongalema.
To write a story using vivid description (Part 1)
In this lesson, we will continue to write a description of a scene in the story Awongalema, using our writers' toolkit.
To write a story using vivid description (Part 2)
In this lesson, we will be using all of our senses to describe the final scene in the story of Awongalema.
Units in English
- The Magic Paintbrush: mood
- The Magic Paintbrush: created story (mood)
- Recount: diary entry
- Monkeys and Hats: problems
- Monkeys and Hats: recycled story (problems)
- Instructions: how to make a paper crown
- Awongalema: description
- Awongalema: recycled story (description)
- Discussion: should animals be kept in zoos?
- Honey and Trouble: character
- Honey and Trouble: recycled story (character)
- Persuasion: Buy my honey
- Anansi and Tiger
- Anansi and Tiger: Endings
- Information: All about Tigers
- Jack and the Beanstalk: characters, mood, problems
- Jack and the Beanstalk: created story (characters, mood, problems)
- Explanation: how beans grow
- How Butterflies Came to Be
- How Coyote Brought Fire to the Earth (1)
- How Coyote Brought Fire to the Earth (2)
- Instructions: How to defeat the fire giants
- Baba Yaga: openings
- Baba Yaga: created story (openings)
- Non-chronological report: All about Witches
- The Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken: characters and problems
- The Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken: recycled story (characters and problems)
- Explanation: how birds fly
- Ganesh Gets Married (1)
- Ganesh Gets Married (2)
- Discussion: Who was right: Ganesh or Kartikeya?
- Persephone: endings
- Persephone: creation story (endings)
- Recount: news report
- The Bird and the Forest Fire: middles
- The Bird and the Forest Fire: recycled story (middles)
- Persuasion: Why you should never light fires in a dry forest
- The Unlucky Man