!"#$% '%(%)* + ,"-." /0.1)%$2%3'%#"0-02 Stuuents have alieauy been woiking on pieuictions as a compiehension stiategy. Stuuents aie beginning an inquiiy topic on spiiituality. They have alieauy expeiienceu anaylsing theii own peispectives anu inteipieting the peispectives anu intentions of authois to some uegiee.
4#5-.0#)%* To continue ueveloping stuuents' unueistanuing of pieuiction foi compiehension anu finu clues in text to make infoimeu pieuictions. To intiouuce them to peispective anu engage in activities that investigate uiffeient peispectives.
'%#"0-02 6758.9%: (ACARA) 4%:;.0$-02 5. '-5%"#57"%* Biscuss liteiaiy expeiiences with otheis, shaiing iesponses anu expiessing a point of view (ACELT16uS)
<05%";"%5-02= #0#)>?-02= %(#)7#5-02* 0se compiehension stiategies to builu liteial anu infeiieu meaning to expanu content knowleuge, integiating anu linking iueas anu analysing anu evaluating texts (ACELY1692) Iuentify chaiacteiistic featuies useu in imaginative, infoimative anu peisuasive texts to meet the puipose of the text (ACELY169u)
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Activity 0ne: Teachei uioup An infoimative non-fiction text shoulu be chosen baseu on ieligions. Teachei shoulu use questions to piompt stuuent's thinking anu activate piioi knowleuge such as: - Piioi to ieauing: What uo you alieauy know. Anu uo you know someone who follows this ieligion. - Buiing ieauing: Bow uo you think they feel when. Why uo you think they. Bow woulu you feel if. Can you compaie this ieligion to that one. What is similai anu what is uiffeient. Questioning anu uiscussion shoulu be baseu aiounu stuuents tiying to unueistanu uiffeient ieligions fiom both theii own peispective anu that of those piacticing the ieligions
All iotations shoulu take between 2u-Su minutes Activity Two: Fiont Covei Baseu on the maue up title "0ne Chilu's Piayei", stuuents shoulu use theii imagination anu peispective of the given title anu uesign a fiont covei to iepiesent theii inteipietation. This is an open-enueu task anu stuuents shoulu be encouiageu to use theii cieativity, uiaw on theii own expeiiences anu not seek any auvice fiom otheis.
Activity Thiee: Backwaiu Betective As pei last week: Aftei ieauing a Pictuie book of theii choice fiom beginning to enu (theiefoie knowing the enuing) stuuents shoulu fiist summaiise the stoiy in about S sentences. Then they neeu to go back thiough the pages of the text anu choose thiee elements oi scenaiios fiom the stoiy that coulu be clues foi pieuicting the stoiy's enuing. Setting out of this activity is paiamount foi communicating theii answeis cleaily.
Activity Foui: Summaiies Stuuents shoulu ieau a shoit stoiy piece "A Chiistmas stai", oi similai anu then summaiise it on a 'post-it note'. The post-it note foimat iestiicts the amount of wiiting space stuuents have anu it must be a concise summaiy. They shoulu be encouiageu to think cleaily anu peihaps make some notes on sciap papei, befoie wiiting out theii summaiy.
Activity Five: Chaiactei piofile This activity iequiies stuuents to see things fiom the peispective of a chaiactei in theii chosen pictuie book. Stuuents shoulu complete a matiix style chaiactei piofile that uetails theii chosen chaiactei's appeaiance, inteiests, ielationships anu iole in the stoiy. They must also pioviue a uiawing of theii chaiactei in the centie of the piofile.
@-AA%"%05-#5%$ '%#"0-02* Bigh-level gioups may inciease the amount of stoiies, questions anu activities completeu. Low-level stuuents coulu woik with a paitnei foi inuiviuual iotations anu inuepenuent tasks.