Year 1

Awongalema: recycled story (description)

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Lessons (10)

To generate ideas for a recycled story
In this lesson, we will begin to recycle the story of Awongalema by changing the animals. We will use a story map to support our retelling.
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To tell a recycled story from memory
In this lesson, we will hear, map, step and speak our recycled stories.
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To describe using the senses
In this lesson, we will learn to describe the animals in our recycled stories using all of the senses.
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To use repetition for description (including -est suffix)
In this lesson, we will explore how we can use repetition to create effects in our descriptions.
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To make informed predictions
In this lesson, we will use our reading detective skills to make predictions based on what we have read so far in a text.
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To box up for purpose
In this lesson, we will listen to our new recycled story again, we will think about the beginning, middle and end part of our story and box up the different sections.
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To explore how writers create vivid description (Read as a Writer)
In this lesson, we will learn how to identify descriptions of characters using our five senses. We will also use the multisensory description toolkit to show how writers create vivid descriptions.
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To write a recycled story with a vivid description (Part 1)
In this lesson, we will recap the recycled story we have been writing. We will review the description toolkit and write the beginning part of our story using vivid description.
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To write a recycled story with a vivid description (Part 2)
In this lesson, we will recap the recycled story we are writing, review the description toolkit and write the middle part of our story using vivid description.
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To write a recycled story with a vivid description (Part 3)
In this lesson, we will recap the recycled story, review the description toolkit and write the end part of their story using vivid description.
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Awongalema: recycled story (description)

Lessons (10)

To generate ideas for a recycled story

To tell a recycled story from memory

To describe using the senses

To use repetition for description (including -est suffix)

To make informed predictions

To box up for purpose

To explore how writers create vivid description (Read as a Writer)

To write a recycled story with a vivid description (Part 1)

To write a recycled story with a vivid description (Part 2)

To write a recycled story with a vivid description (Part 3)