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TEACHING READING

Traditionally, being literate required a person to be able to read and comprehend print materials, however
growth in technologies has resulted in new approaches necessary to support and teach literacy and
reading. Reading is the ability to interpret symbols and text, and it is vital that educators incorporate such
technologies to support reading and comprehension (Kearns, 2012, p. 486).
There are four main areas that depend on successful reading, achieved through the context and purpose in
which people engage in texts, suitable text selection to achieve the desired objective, and a knowledge of
concepts and skills in how to read. This requires effective teaching strategies (Winch, Johnson, March,
Ljungdahl and Holliday, 2010).

TEACHING AND LEARNING CONTEXT

This Resource for Teaching Reading has been designed in an attempt to incorporate effective teaching
strategies with technologies that support and extend reading and grammar knowledge; student
engagement; and encourages students to make connections with the context and purpose in which people
write texts. Learning is based on a Year 2 classroom, which consists of 26 students, with 2 students of
Aboriginal heritage. Cultural learning is inclusive throughout the classroom, with all students and staff
expected to contribute at all times, to a culturally safe, respectful environment. The classroom is organised
into two large, but connected areas that consists of 25 computers, at the rear of the classroom; students
usual workspaces in the centre of the classroom; and space at the front of the classroom for students to
engage in whole classroom learning. Throughout the term, students have had extensive learning related to
language and reading instruction; phonics and grammar including digraphs, blends, long and short vowels,
and written and oral comprehension.

LESSON PLANS
Five lesson plans are included, which aim to stimulate students engagement in learning activities, that
further extends their knowledge and understanding in listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and
creating (ACARA, 2013). Classroom activities provide opportunities for students to work independently; in
groups, and whole class interactive learning; through scaffolding; critical thinking skills; higher and lower
order skills; with each lesson informed by the objectives of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and
Reporting Authority: Language, Literature and Literacy. Pedagogy in the classroom attempts to provide
learning experiences that are child-centred, to ensure the learning environment engages students in social
constructivist learning that, according to Vygotsky, further extends their language, thinking and supports
ongoing learning, supported primarily with technologies that include the Interactive White Board, and
interactive on-line games (Darling-Hammond, Austin, Orcutt and Martin, p. 126).
Lesson plans cover varying elements of the 7 general capabilities set by the Australian Curriculum, to
support the learning outcomes expected of Year 2 students. These include

Literacy

Numeracy

Information and communication technology (ICT)

Critical and creative thinking

Personal and social capability

Ethical understanding

Intercultural understanding

ASSESSMENT
Student assessment at the commencement of the unit utilising a KWL approach, enables the teacher to
understand what students already know; what they want to know; and what they have learnt, so lesson
content can be modified according to student needs. Learning opportunities will incorporate scaffolding;
individual and group learning, and continued student assessment based on their participation and
contribution in groups and individually; comprehension and language; completion of tasks and activities;
ability to engage with technologies that support their learning; and through cloze activities.
As a teacher, personal reflections on lessons will include:

Did the content of the lesson meet desired outcomes?

Were the students engage in their learning?

Did students understand the requirements of tasks?

How could the lesson have been conducted better?

Was the students learning experiences relevant?

Was student pairing correct & what other ways could this exercise have been conducted?

Did all students have opportunities to contribute to their learning & discussions?

UNIT CONCLUSION
The conclusion to the unit, seeks to demonstrate the skills and knowledge students have acquired, with
students showcasing their creative skills in story writing, to publish their individual, online classroom stories,
which will occur further on in the term.

YEAR 2 AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM : ENGLISH

LANGUAGE
Language variation and change
Understand that spoken, visual and written forms of language are different modes of communication with different
features and their use varies according to the audience, purpose, context and cultural background ACELA1460
Language for interaction
Identify language that can be used for appreciating texts and the qualities of people and things ACELA1462
Text structure and organisation
Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text
serve its purpose ACELA1463

Understand how texts are made cohesive through resources, for example word associations, synonyms, and
antonyms ACELA1464

Recognise that capital letters signal proper nouns and commas are used to separate items in lists ACELA1465

Expressing and developing ideas

Understand that nouns represent people, places, concrete objects and abstract concepts; that there are three types
of nouns: common, proper and pronouns; and that noun groups/phrases can be expanded using articles and
adjectives ACELA1468

Understand the use of vocabulary about familiar and new topics and experiment with and begin to make conscious
choices of vocabulary to suit audience and purpose ACELA1470

Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell words, and use morphemes and
syllabification to break up simple words and use visual memory to write irregular words ACELA1471

Recognise common prefixes and suffixes and how they change a words meaning ACELA1472

Sound and letter knowledge

Recognise most soundletter matches including silent letters, vowel/consonant digraphs and many less common
soundletter combinations ACELA1474

LITERATURE
Responding to literature
Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences
ACELT1590
Examining literature
Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic, sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes and songs
ACELT1592
Creating literature
Create events and characters using different media that develop key events and characters from literary texts
ACELT1593
LITERACY
Texts in context
Discuss different texts on a similar topic, identifying similarities and differences between the texts ACELY1665
Interacting with others
Listen for specific purposes and information, including instructions, and extend students own and others' ideas in
discussions ACELY1666
Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
Identify the audience of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts ACELY1668
Creating texts
Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and
language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements
appropriate to the audience and purpose ACELY1671

Reread and edit text for spelling, sentence-boundary punctuation and text structure ACELY1672
(ACARA, 2013).

LESSON SEQUENCE
LESSON 1: BRILLIANT BOOKS
-To engage students in critically thinking about books; who writes books and why people write them.
-To engage students in teamwork; talk partner activities; sharing of ideas and communication.
-Students discover difference in styles of communication and methods according to spoken; written and visual forms.
-Students engage in viewing and listening to resources, both fiction and factual, to further develop their concepts of parts of a
book including characters, settings, feelings and mood, and how stories are structured.
-Students develop an understanding of how illustrations can be used to support and extend the intent of printed text.
-Students investigate styles of writing and illustrations, that authors from other cultures use including Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Peoples and Asian cultures.
LESSON 2: WHY DO PEOPLE WRITE BOOKS? PERSUADE, INFORM, ENTERTAIN
-Through different genres and writing styles of books, students investigate the purpose people write
-what makes text persuasive, informative or entertaining
-why an author writes text that is persuasive, informative or entertaining
-Knowledge of language; phonics, vocabulary, reading and listening skills, to determine that an author writes to either persuade,
inform, or entertain will be extended.
-All students are expected to contribute to a beginning activity that requires small group discussions and questions, followed with
a whole class sharing and discussion.
-Students discover differences in styles of communication and methods according to spoken; written and visual forms.
LESSON 3: ALL ABOUT ALLITERATION
-Students learn the meaning of alliteration.
-Students make connections through interactive games and discussion, regarding why authors use alliteration and how it is used
to improve sentence flow for reading, fun and engagement.
LESSON 4: ITS RHYME TIME
-Students explore rhyme; rhythm; word play to create chants, poems and rhymes.
-Students further develop their knowledge of phonemic awareness and word families through experimenting with interactive
rhyme games.
-Students engage with poetry written by other cultures such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
LESSON 5: STORY WRITING
-Students explore and investigate parts of a book.
-Students identify that sometimes looking at pictures and images can help a person make predictions about a story.
-Students begin to engage with story planning, firstly as a shared whole class activity, to model the process, then designing their
own story, with a subject, genre, characters, setting, and other parts of a book.

Lesson 1 Brilliant Books

Year 2

LESSON

(1 hour)

WARM-UP GAME: Teacher Demonstration with student participation:

Teacher-examplewrites the word worm, on the classroom whiteboard.
Rules for play-only 1 letter to be changed in each new word
Teacher- demonstrate removal of 1 letter- m and replaces it with d, to make a
new word- word
Student-suggestions sought for further changes e.g. Work; Cork; Fork; Folk
Whole Class Participation:
Teacher-writes the word book on the whiteboard.
Every student has a turn at changing 1 letter to make a new one.
When no further words can be made out of book, students may suggest new
words until all students have had a turn.
ACTIVITY 1:
As talk partners, students discuss, evaluate and record questions about books
through TASK CARDS. (TASK CARDS are already loaded on computers, with 3
computers having 1 extra TASK CARD for students who are higher achievers).
Teacher-demonstrates to whole class, TASK CARDS through the IWB, to model
expected outcomes.
Students-engage in critical thinking, ideas/shared discussion with teacher
examples.
ACTIVITY 2:
Students-on teacher command, are given 2 minutes to quietly choose a
computer and be seated with their talk partner, waiting for further instruction.
On the command READY, STEADYREAD-students locate, read, discuss,
explore and record ideas/answers/comments with their talk partner using
computer templates.
After specified time, students print their TASK CARD and return to the floor space
at the front of the classroom.
ACTIVITY 3: TASK CARD TEMPLATES from ACTIVITY 2, will be loaded on IWB
Each talk pair partners, share their TASK CARDS ideas and comments.
Whole class discuss further, each task card question
Suggestions/further questioning between students; from students, and the
teacher such as How do you feel about that answer?; What do you think?;
How do you know this?; What can you add?; How can you further improve on
this answer?; Do you have any questions?

TEACHINGAPPROACHES

Students seated on the floor at the front of

the classroom facing the teacher/whiteboard

-Whole Class Participation

ACTIVITY 1-Whole class engagement

ACTIVITY 1 TASK CARDS-SEE SLIDE 11
Answers recorded on the IWB for
printing/student reference/further
discussions
ACTIVITY 2 TASK CARDS-SEE SLIDE 12
& 13
Talk partners grouped according to teacher
discretion/student ability.
Regularly seek student understanding of
requested tasks.
ACTIVITY 3-Whole class engagement
Q. 15 & 16, will be given to students who
are capable of achieving higher academic
outcomes to extend their critical thinking
skills.

Lesson 1 Brilliant Books (Continued..) ACTIVITY 1 & 2 Task Card questions/expected answers
1. What are books?
-(written /printed work with pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers) (WhatAreBooks, 2013).

2. What types of books can we read?

(fiction or fact/factual; storybooks; picture books (non-fiction; big; small)-what are picture books-why are they called picture books?

3. What makes a book fiction?

(made up stories)

4. What makes a book factual (or non-fiction)?

(true/real information about real objects, people or places)

5. What makes a book interesting? Students work with a talk partner to come up with 3 different ideas
(Style and language used; funny; interesting; font type and size; illustrated or not; genre; purpose for reading; relevant to the readers
needs-the topic/subject of the book; content too hard; too many pages)

6. What makes a book fun? Students work with their talk partner to come up with 3 different ideas

7. What makes a book boring? Students work with their talk partner to come up with 3 different ideas

8. Explore genre What does genre mean? Try to pronounce the word genre
(the class or subject of a book) demonstrate and discuss pronunciation zhahn ruh)

9. Why do we read?

(fun; learning; relaxation; escapism; extends our word knowledge and language skills)

10. What helps us read?

(not just words, but pictures; knowing how to read the words)

11. Why do people write books? Dependent on their purpose; (persuade; inform; entertain) (Teacher to inform students, that P I E will be
discussed further in the next lesson) -REASONS PEOPLE WRITE BOOKS (See Slide ????) on the IWB at time of discussion,
designed as an interactive tool, where words appear after clicking) What do students think persuade, inform, entertain mean?
Although acronyms are not taught until year 8 in the SACSA & Australian Curriculum, students can engage in higher order thinking skills, through
discussions about vocabulary including acronym; persuade; inform; and entertain. E.g. what is an acronym? What do students think persuade; inform;
and entertain mean, seeking examples of the latter three terms.

12. Who can write books? (men, women, children)

13. Where might their ideas come from?
14. What other ways can people write what they want to say, that arent books? (newspapers; comics; letters; postcards; emails; internet;
magazines; movies; songs; spoken; other visual modes)
15. Who reads books? (anyone; also dependent on the purpose) extend classroom discussions- who do students think, reads the most/least?
Why?
16. How does reading help us? (reading is necessary for speech and language development; extends language and listening skillsvocabulary; knowledge; stimulates our imagination)
17. How can we learn more when we read? (read books that allow us to extend our knowledge and skills-reading at a level that is more
advanced than we currently read; try different modes of reading materials)

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Teacher examples TASK CARDS to be displayed on IWB- whole

class discussion

What makes you choose a book to read?

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Answers: What makes you choose a book to read? Interest in the subject; favourite
author; style of writing e.g. stories in rhyme; size and shape of the book; illustrations;
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List at least 3 points
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List at least 3 points
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9. Why do we read
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Lesson 2 Why do people write books Persuade; Inform; Entertain

LESSON

Students explore the purpose (reason) people write books through

determining the meaning of persuade; inform; entertain
ACTIVITY 1: THINK TIME:
Working individually, students have 1 minute to critically think about their
understanding of what an authors purpose is, to write and how we find the
authors purpose?
Working with their talk partner, students share their ideas before reforming
as a whole class to discuss ideas.
Through whole classroom discussion, students determine the purpose is to
persuade; inform; entertain
ACTIVITY 2: GAME:-AN AUTHORS PURPOSE
PERSUADE; INFORM; ENTERTAIN
Students engage individually in an interactive game to determine if text is
trying to persuade; inform; entertain
ACTIVITY 3: WORD ENDINGS:
Through class activities and interactive games, students explore rules for
word sounds; common letter patterns; identifying syllables and rules for
adding ing and ed to words ending with consonants; and rules for adding
s; -es; -ies through an interactive game FISH EM UP
ACTIVITY 4: WORD KNOWLEDGE:-PERSUADE INFORM ENTERTAIN
Students expand word knowledge to discover other words that mean the
same e.g. inform/tell/fact, then investigate word endings relevant to
persuade; inform; entertain.
ACTIVITY 5:
Craft activity: Students engage in making their own PIE, using to paste in
work books. This will be used for an ongoing project throughout the unit
and when other tasks are completed ahead of time.

(2 hours)

TEACHING APPROACHES

Whole class engagement

Students view REASONS

PEOPLE WRITE BOOKS slide
on IWB SEE SLIDE 17 & 18
ACTIVITY 2-GAME-AN
AUTHORS PURPOSE-SEE
SLIDE 15
ACTIVITY 3-WORD ENDINGSSEE SLIDE 15
ACTIVITY 4-WORD
KNOWLEDGE-PERSUADE,
INFORM, ENTERTAIN-SEE
SLIDE 15
ACTIVITY 5-CRAFT ACTIVITYSEE SLIDE 16

Lesson 2: Why do people write books Persuade; Inform; Entertain

Activity 2 Game: Persuade; Inform or

Entertain: Lesson 2

Instructions: Double click on document to

open game, then click on SLIDE SHOW
to play.

Instructions: Double click on

document to open activity
Activity 3: Word Expansion: Lesson 2

(Continued)

Activity 3 Word endings : Fish Em Up:

Lesson 2

http://www.missmaggie.org/scholastic/fishemup2_eng_la
uncher.html

Lesson 3: All about Al-lit-er-a-tion

LESSON

Students investigate alliteration by listening to, and viewing presentations through

the IWB; creating their own alliteration; and concluding, with a game.
ACTIVITY 1: ALLITERATION:WHAT IS IT?
Engage students in thinking, with the PowerPoint to be used through the IWB,
enabling students to work interactively with the document/underlining/circling
content
ACTIVITY 2: EXPLORING ALLITERATION THROUGH STARSHIP:
Students explore alliteration through interactive games using classroom
computersACTIVITY 3: ONLINE STORY 1: Princess Pigtoria and the Pea (8 minutes)
Students LISTEN TO and VIEW online examples of stories to determine word
sounds; letters; and alliteration through stories.
ACTIVITY 4: ONLINE STORY 2: Some Smug Slug (3 minutes)
Students LISTEN TO and VIEW online examples of stories to determine word
sounds; letters; and alliteration through stories.
ACTIVITY 5: ALLITERATION CREATIONS:
Using the template design from slide 33 EXPLORING ALLITERATION PPT,
students create their own alliteration on classroom computers, followed by printing
them.
Whole class sharing through reading creations, discussing, exploring and
investigating words used.
ACTIVITY 6: WHOLE CLASS GAME:

Students put their knowledge and skills learnt throughout the lesson, into further
practice, with a whole class game, where students create alliterations verbally
using the first initial of their first or last name.
Students follow the template from ACTIVITY 5

Students who cant think of one, can be given time to think and come back to
them.

Students stand in a large circle, facing others.

Teacher to scaffold by demonstrating how to play:

Im Ms. Mead and I like melting marshmallows on Mondays at the market.

Teacher gently throws soft toy to another student, who attempts to create their own
alliteration, and then passes the soft toy to another student.

TEACHING APPROACHES

Whole class engagementviewing/questioning

FOR ALL ACTIVITIES: SEE SLIDE 20.
Presentations can be paused
throughout to extent questions to
students that enable further critical
thinking
Students address the meaning of:
1. What is alliteration?
2. Why people use alliteration?
3. How people use alliteration?

Whole class participation.

EXTRA SUPPORT VIEWING: SEE SLIDE
21:--. Demonstrates using alliteration with
music/songs;
. YouTube presentation explaining
Alliteration

Lesson 3: All about Al-lit-er-a-tion

(Continued)

Activity 1: Alliteration: What is it? Lesson 3

Instructions: Double click on document
to open game, then click on SLIDE SHOW to play.
(This activity used on the IWB as an interactive class learning resource)

Activity 2: Exploring Alliteration through

Starship: Lesson 3
http://
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/space_spins/small_no_soun
d/standard.shtml

Im Ms. Mead and I like melting

marshmallows on Mondays at the
market

Activity 3: Online story 1:

Lesson 3

Activity 4: Online story 2:

Lesson 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OREVulhcuA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-jEAZaAyw

Activity 5 & 6: Activity/Game

Template:
Lesson 3

Lesson 4: Its time to rhyme..

LESSON

Students explore rhyme; rhythm, word play to create chants, poems and rhymes.
Students further develop their knowledge of phonemic awareness and word families
through experimenting with interactive rhyme games.
Students engage with poetry written by other cultures such as Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander People
ACTIVITY 1: EXPLORING RHYMING WORDS IN POEMS:
Using examples from SLIDE 23 shown on the Interactive White Board, students
explore words that sound the same; their position in poems; word families;
punctuation; syllables; revisit the concept that stories can be written in rhyme.
Students identify with consonant and vowel sounds
Can rhymes be put to music?
Which words have 1 beat? Which words have 2 or more?
How does a rhyme sound if it is read fast? Slow? With a rhythm?
How do rhymes make people feel? And why?
ACTIVITY 2: RHYTHM, RHYME AND MUSIC:
Students view a YouTube presentation of a story in rhyme, demonstrating music and
rhythm.
ACTIVITY 3: CAN YOU MAKE THESE PLATYPUS/SHARK RHYMES:
Create poems by changing sentences/words structures to alter meanings.
ACTIVITY 4: RHYMES THROUGHOUT OTHER CULTURES:
Students acknowledge and identify with rhymes; language and images used by other
cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
ACTIVITY 5: MODIFY A RHYME OR MAKE YOUR OWN:
Students can use existing rhymes to change words or lines ; create their own rhyme;
or use a rhyme SEE SLIDE 24
Students interact with an online rhyme dictionary of their choice of teacher suggestion
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: SEE SLIDE 25
Students have access to other interactive games that assist them in extending their
knowledge development on recognising rhyming words.
Students can create their own or rhymes if confident to do so.
Students decide on the topic relevant to their own choice or culture

TEACHING APPROACHES

Whole Class engagement

Through interactive games, students

are able to determine:
What is a rhyme? (similar sounds
in two or more words, that are
generally at the end of a line)
Is a poem the same as a rhyme?
What is rhythm?
What purpose do authors use
rhymes/rhyming words? (fun,
catchy)
Where do we find rhymes?
(poems; nursery rhymes; songs;
books-stories in rhyme)
Where do rhyming words appear
in a rhyme?
Is there a rule to how many
syllables can/cant;
should/shouldnt be used in the
words used in rhyming words?
How do we know its a rhyming
word? (sounds the same;
sometimes may have the same
letters e.g. rain; plain; fit; sit)

Lesson 4: Its time to rhyme...ACTIVITY 1

Stick Man lives in the family tree
With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three
One day he wakes early and goes for a jog
Stick Man, oh Stick Man, beware of the dog!........
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again

http://www.shawjonathan.wordpress.com

A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood

A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good
Where are you going to, Little Brown Mouse?
Come and have lunch in my underground house.
Its terribly kind of you Fox, but no,
Im going to have lunch with the Gruffalo.

There was an old lady

Who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children
She didnt know what to do.
She gave them some broth
Without any bread.
She kissed them all gently
And sent them to bed.

Lesson 4: Its time to rhyme...ACTIVITIES

Activity 2: Rhythm, Rhyme

and Music: Lesson 4
http://www.gruffalo.com/join-in/songs/

Activity 3: Can you make these platypus/shark rhymes?

http://splash.abc.net.au/media/
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m/209925/shark-rhyme

http://splash.abc.net.au/media/-/
m/209941/platypus-rhyme

http://pbskids.org/superwhy/#/game/
wonderredbingo

Activity 4: Rhymes throughout

other cultures: Lesson 4

http://www.crackerjackeducation.com.au/r
esources/one-fluffy-possum
/

http://www.crackerjackeducation.com.
au/resources/its-going-to-rain
/

Lesson 4: Its time to rhyme...ACTIVITIES

Rhyming
Extension
activities

http://pbskids.org/superwhy/#/game/freezedance

ACTIVITY 5: MODIFY
A RHYME OR MAKE
YOUR OWN:

DICTIONARY

http://www.ictgames.com/rhymingRockets.html

Lesson 4: Its time to rhyme...Activity 5

Students use 1st lines of existing rhymes; 1st and 3rd lines; or other choice of rhymes to recreate
their own rhymes. e.g.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Everyone thought he was a bouncy ball
All the kings horses and all the kings men
Wanted to bounce him every now and then.
One, two,
Is this a clue?
Three, four,
Swim to the shore
Five, six,
Wheres my bag of tricks?

Twinkle twinkle little star

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Up above the world so bright,
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Hey Diddle diddle

The man in the middle
The cow jumped over the moon.

Our Slinky Cat

Shes really quite a brat
She likes to eat my hat
And thats that!
Old McDonald had a farm,
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Mary had a little lamb
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Lesson 5 Story Writing

LESSON

ACTIVITY 1: WORD GAME ON THE WASHING LINE: SEE SLIDE 29

Teams of 5 have a container of mini pegs; a designated space and washing line; and
laminated letters with consonants and vowels; Students view a word, or listen to a word
shown/spoken by the teacher.
Students select the correct consonants and vowels, and peg the letters in the correct word
order on the washing line.
Words selected ensure all students engage in letter selection and contributes to/promotes
teamwork.
ACTIVITY 2: CONNECTING WITH STORYWRITING:
2a: PEOPLE AND PLACES: PICTURE YOURSELF, IN THE PICTURE SEE SLIDE 30
Students view images of people and places to think about; to imagine themselves in the
pictures; and discuss as a whole class:
What they would see/HEAR/FEEL/SMELL?
2b: ACTIVITY 4: STORY TELLING BY ABORIGINAL &TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS:
Students make connections with the way other cultures tell stories using images and rhythm,
and connections to cultural history through interactive stories online. SEE SLIDE 31
2c: MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH PUNCTUATION: SEE SLIDE 31
Students experiment with punctuation to predict and practice correct use and placements of
punctuation with interactive games that allow students to type in; change; add or leave out
punctuation to realise the effects of correct/incorrect punctuation; placement of punctuation
and how they affect pronunciation; sentence structure and the intent of the message sent.
2d: WHOLE CLASS STORY CREATOR: SEE SLIDE 29
Teacher presents templates for story design, engaging all students in brainstorming and
planning a whole class story, remembering the rules for correct capitalizations with names and
punctuation, story structure, sentence structures, language, grammar.
Students learn to reread sentences, to see if it makes sense; is connected and relevant-how
can sentences be modified; word altered to improve meaning.
2e: PLANNING INDIVIDUAL STORY CREATIONS USING ONLINE/INTERACTIVE

RESOURCES
Students engage with online/interactive story creators, and using story writing templates, plan
original stories, or modify favourite stories modify, scaffolding ideas for genre; characters;
settings; and sentence structures; in preparation for their own story creations. SEE SLIDE 31

TEACHING APPROACHES

*Some words with more than

5 letters will engage students
in further teamwork skills
such as negotiation and
decision making skills.

*Discussion about the way other

cultures tell a story Australian and
Torres Strait Islander People-tell
stories through storytelling, singing
and dancing. Each dreaming story
has a song /helps the transmission
of the information
*Students also explore punctuation
and positioning . ; , ? !

Students think about the

purpose of their text.
Consider words they
can/cant; should/shouldnt
include

Lesson 5 Story writing

Whole class will brainstorm ideas to demonstrate how to plan their own stories, which will consist of suggesting easier words,
and asking students to expand on their vocabulary. E.g. subject=genre; people in the story=characters; sunny day=one day, with the warm sun shining
brightly.
IWB used to record information which can be printed and posted around the classroom for students to refer to
-A topic to be decided on as a group-suggestions sought by the teacher, and the whole class to agree on one by the most popular. Students also decide
what elements might need to be included using a WHO; WHAT; WHEN; WHERE; HOW; WHY plan e.g.

Title

Beginning

Topic/subject/genre

Mystery?

How does the story start? What

happens? What do people/characters do? How do they do what

they do? WHERE; WHAT; HOW; WHY

Science fiction? Romance?

Setting

The weather: is it hot or cold, snowing, sunny,

raining, thundering?; the scenery? an old farm house? A pirate

ship? A castle?

Characters

Who is in the story? How many

characters? Friends? Family? Pets? Pirates? Robots? Dragons?

Do they have names? How many characters in the story? Real or
make-believe? What do they look like? (Character descriptions)Old? Young? Beautiful? Pink? Adventurous? Cheeky? Bright and
bubbly? Good? Bad? A fierce fire breathing dragon? How do they
move? What are their names? Capitalization?

Objects

a sports car; a pirate ship; the kitchen

table;

Middle

What happens in the middle of the story? What

do people/characters do? How do they do what they do? WHERE,

WHAT, HOW, WHY

Ending

How does the story end? What do people/

characters do? How do they do what they do? WHERE, WHAT,

HOW, WHY

Starting sentences

Once upon a
time; A long time ago; Long, long ago; Many years ago; It was
nearly lunchtime;

Ending sentences

and they lived

happily ever after; and that was that; and they all went to bed;
and thats the end of the story

Descriptive words
Using these questions as a guideline, the whole class can contribute to writing a whole class short story, to demonstrate how to write a
short story.

Lesson 5 Story Writing

(Continued)

ACTIVITY 1: WORD GAME ON THE WASHING LINE:

under reads words

books super teams
author smart reader
bookworms

Lesson 5 Story Writing

ACTIVITY 2a:
PEOPLE AND
PLACES
PICTURE
YOURSELF
IN THE PICTURE

Lesson 5 Story Writing (Continued)

ACTIVITY 2b:
STORY
TELLING BY
ABORIGINAL
AND
TORRES
STRAIT
ISLANDER
PEOPLE

http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/dustEchoesFlash.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDJrnldb08o

http://www.iv
ona.com/en
/
http://
home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/s
unset.htm

http://
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship
/english/games/story_plant/sma
ll_sound/standard.shtml

2e: PLANNING
INDIVIDUAL STORY
CONSTRUCTIONS
WITH ONLINE STORY
CREATORS

http://
www.funenglishgames.com/writinggames/

2c: MAKING
CONNECTIONS
WITH
PUNCTUATION

http://
www.funenglishga
mes.com/punctuat
ion.swf