To listen and respond to a story
In this lesson, we will be listening to a story and thinking about how the plot works.
Unit: Monkeys and Hats: problems
Lessons:
10 lessons
To tell a story from memory
In this lesson, we will be learning to tell the story from memory using a four-step process called, 'Hear, Map, Step, Speak.'
To retell the main events in a story
In this lesson, we will be retelling the main events in the story through drama and song.
To use capital letters and full stops
In this lesson, we will be learning how to use capital letters and full stops to write story sentences that make sense.
To find information in the text
In this lesson, we will be learning how to find important information in a text when we read, using our story, 'Monkeys and Hats'.
To explore a recycled character's thoughts and feelings
In this lesson, we will be exploring the main character's thoughts and feelings, given the problem he faces.
To write the first problem in the story
In this lesson, we will be writing about what happens when the hatmaker loses his hats to the monkeys, making the problem really matter for our character.
To explore a character's thoughts and feelings (Part 1)
In this lesson, we will be exploring how the hatmaker's son feels when he meets the monkeys himself.
To explore a character's thoughts and feelings (Part 2)
In this lesson, we will be exploring how the hatmaker's son feels and reacts when the unexpected happens.
To write the second problem in the story
In this lesson, we will be writing about what happens when the hatmaker's son meets the monkeys, making the problem really matter for our character.
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