To generate ideas for a recycled story
In this lesson, we will generate ideas to recycle the basic plot structure of the story, 'How Coyote Brought Fire to Earth' to create a completely new story of our own.
Unit: How Coyote Brought Fire to the Earth (2)
Lessons:
10 lessons
To tell a recycled story from memory
In this lesson, we will learn to tell our new recycled stories from memory, using the process: Map, Step, Speak.
To build descriptive phrases
In this lesson, we will draw pictures and create poems using the senses to build descriptive phrases for key scenes in our new stories.
To use different sentence types
In this lesson, we will learn about the four different sentence types and how to use them to improve our descriptive writing.
To make predictions
In this lesson, we will make informed predictions drawing on our existing knowledge and what we already know from the text.
To box up for purpose
In this lesson, we will box up for purpose in order to plan for writing.
To write the opening of a recycled story
In this lesson, we will write the opening scene of our recycled stories, with a focus on making the description vivid to paint a clear picture for the reader.
To write the middle of a recycled story
In this lesson, we will start writing the middle section of our recycled stories, with a focus on making the description vivid to paint a clear picture for the reader.
To continue writing the middle of a recycled story
In this lesson, we will continue writing the middle of our recycled stories, with a focus on making the description vivid to paint a clear picture for the reader.
To write the ending of a recycled story
In this lesson, we will write the ending of our recycled stories, with a focus on making the description vivid to paint a clear picture for the reader. We will then tell our finished stories.
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