To listen to a recount
In this lesson, we will meet Ma Liang, the painter from the Magic Paintbrush story, who will recount the events of the story from his point of view.
Unit: Recount: diary entry
Lessons:
10 lessons
To tell a recount from memory
In this lesson, we will hear, map, step and speak a recount.
To deepen understanding of a recount through roleplay
In this lesson, we will take on the role of the painter Ma Liang using drama.
To use the past tense
In this lesson, we will practise writing in the past tense which will help us to recount events later in this unit.
To retrieve information
In this lesson, we will learn to find key information when reading Cedric's diary.
To box up a recount for purpose
In this lesson, we will box up Ma Liang's diary extract and will explore his thoughts and feelings.
To identify features of a recount
In this lesson, we will read as a writer and will create a toolkit for writing a diary.
To write a recount (Part 1)
In this lesson, we will begin to write Ma Liang's diary using our toolkit.
To write a recount (Part 2)
In this lesson, we will continue to write Ma Liang's diary using our toolkit.
To write a recount
In this lesson, we will finish writing Ma Liang's diary using our toolkit.
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