YEAR LEVEL DESCRIPTION- Students engage with a variety of texts for enjoyment. They listen to, read, view and interpret spoken, written and multimodal texts in which the primary purpose is to entertain, as well as texts designed to inform and persuade. These encompass traditional oral texts, picture books, various types of print and digital stories, simple chapter books, rhyming verse, poetry, non-fiction, film, multimodal texts, dramatic performances and texts used by students as models for constructing their own work.

They identify literal and implied meaning, main ideas and supporting detail. Students make connections between texts by comparing content. They explain their preferences for aspects of texts using other texts as comparisons.

Content Descriptors: 

Lesson One | Make a Prediction

Learning Intention

Success Criteria

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What is a prediction?

Turn and Talk

What can we use to help us make a prediction?

Activity

Lesson Two | Sequencing

Learning Intention

Success Criteria

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What is sequencing?

Turn and Talk

Watch

Watch the short film Feast. 

While watching, see if you can remember the order of events from the film.

Feast 

Activity

Feast_Lesson1_WS.pdf

Number the events from 1 to 8, in the order of the film.

Colour in the foods that Winston likes to eat. What do you notice?

Wrap up

Let's mark our work. Use a red pencil to make any corrections.

Lesson Three | Elements of Visual Literacy

Learning Intention

Success Criteria

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Have a look at this picture for 20 seconds without saying anything. Really look at what is in the picture.

Where is she going? What clues are there which made you think that?

Where did she come from? What clues are there which made you think that?

How does she feel? Why do you think that?

Would it be different if the colours were different?

Learn

Visual Literacy

Visual literacy is the ability to read, write and create visual images.
It is about language, communication and interaction

Visual literacy refers to the ability to successfully interpret and use images. 

Do you think we were using visual literacy when looking at the photograph?

Why?

People who create visuals use many elements
to make the reader think or feel a certain way.

We will look at the colour whilst watching Feast.
Because Feast is an animation we will also listen to the sound.

Lesson 3

Activity

L3_Visual_Literacy.pdf

Wrap Up

Share your thoughts with the class.

Where else have you noticed colour being used to make you feel a certain way?

Lesson Four | Main Idea and Supporting Detail

Learning Intention

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Main Idea
The main idea is the most important message the author is trying to tell you.

Supporting Details
Are the small clues which the author uses to help you understand the main idea.

Watch

While watching, see if you can identify what the main idea is.

Feast 

What do you think the main idea of the movie is?

think | pair | share

Activity

L4_mainidea.pdf

Wrap Up

Share your ideas.

Can there be more than one answer? Why?

Lesson Five | Sequencing

Learning Intention

Success Criteria

Activate

What is sequencing?

Turn and Talk

Watch

Watch the short film Feast. 

While watching, see if you can remember the order of events from the film.

Feast 

Activity

L5_sequencing.pdf

Independently, sequence the main events (ideas) in the short film. 


Try to add some supporting detail if you can. This may include how the characters are feeling or extra details in the scenes.