Share ideas about stories, poems and images in literature, reflecting on experiences that are similar or different to their own

Learning intention

• share ideas about stories, poems and images in literature, reflecting on experiences that are similar or different to their own by engaging with texts by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators

Elaboration expansion and examples 1

• E1: engaging with texts that reflect the social and cultural groups to which students belong
• E2: comparing experiences depicted in stories by wide-ranging world authors with own experiences
• E3: viewing stories by First Nations Australian storytellers from print, visual, digital and multimodal sources (teaching context)

Elaboration expansion and examples 2

• E4: engaging with texts that portray Australian family life in different settings across Australia; for example, suburban and remote settings
• E5: identifying some features of culture that are revealed by characters and events in stories; for example, dress, food and daily routines
• Text idea + my response: In the story, the child feels nervous. I felt nervous on my first day too. My experience was different because ___.

Elaboration expansion and examples 3

• Use the skill in reading, speaking or writing: Share a thought or connection about a literary text. In the story, the child feels nervous. I felt nervous on my first day too. My experience was different because ___.
• Teacher model: Read or say the first card. Ask: what does this show?

AC9EFLE01 · sharing ideas about literature

Learning focus: I can share an idea about a story, poem or picture and connect it to my own experience.

Model it: Worked example 2: explain a difference without judging it In another story, the character travels a long way to collect the family mail. The reader walks to a letterbox beside their home. Text experience: a long trip for mail My experience: a short walk for mail Response: Our experiences are different because the journeys are different lengths. Different does not mean better or worse; it means the experiences are not the same. Step by step: Notice the event, recall your own experience, choose similar or different…

Ask the learner: What is the main idea of sharing ideas about literature?

Look for: The learner can I can share an idea about a story, poem or picture and connect it to my own experience in a fresh example and explain the evidence or reasoning without copying the model.

If they are stuck: If the learner guesses or repeats a rule without evidence, return to the concrete or visual model and ask them to explain what each part shows.

Assessment-style questions and review hints 1

Assessment-style questions and review hints 2

Exit ticket

• Name the skill
• Use a model example
• Try independently
• Explain evidence

Curriculum

• share ideas about stories, poems and images in literature, reflecting on experiences that are similar or different to their own by engaging with texts by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators

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