AC9EFLE02 • Foundation English

Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their...: Foundation English topic guide

respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters

What students learn in AC9EFLE02

This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their.... The goal is not to memorise one answer pattern. Students should be able to explain the idea, recognise it in a new example and apply it in a short practice or worksheet task.

  • Start with the main idea: respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters.
  • Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
  • using drawing and beginning forms of writing to express personal responses to stories, poems or films discussing events and characters in texts, and connecting them to their own experiences
  • Finish with mixed questions so students must choose the correct strategy rather than copy the last example.

Curriculum coverage and elaborations

The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning but may not appear in the initial eight-question activity.

  • Content description: respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters
  • E1: using drawing and beginning forms of writing to express personal responses to stories, poems or films
  • E2: discussing events and characters in texts, and connecting them to their own experiences

How to use this unit

Read the topic guide, use the teacher slide for instruction, then complete the Worksheet, Practice and Test. These three activities use the same eight-question unit bank.

Teacher resource

AC9EFLE02 teacher slide

Use this one-page PDF to introduce the key idea, vocabulary and teaching sequence before students begin the activities.

Open teacher slide (PDF)

Common mistakes to watch for

  • Answering from memory without using clues from the text, sentence or image.
  • Knowing the idea orally but not transferring it into reading, writing or speaking.
  • Missing punctuation, word order or vocabulary clues that change meaning.

International curriculum mapping

This table gives closest-topic mapping for search and planning. The Australian Curriculum code is exact; overseas entries are broad equivalents because each jurisdiction structures outcomes differently.

RegionCurriculumClosest mapping
AustraliaAustralian Curriculum v9.0AC9EFLE02 — respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters
VictoriaVictorian Curriculum F-10Foundation English: closest match in Engaging with and responding to literature. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference.
NSWNSW CurriculumEarly Stage 1 English: closest content focus for Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their... and related outcomes.
United StatesCommon Core / NGSSKindergarten Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their....
England / UKNational CurriculumKey Stage 1 / Year 1: closest programme-of-study match for Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their....
CanadaProvincial and territory curriculaKindergarten closest topic match. Canada varies by province, so use this as a broad Ontario/BC-style learning outcome reference.
New ZealandNew Zealand CurriculumLevel 1 English: closest achievement-objective topic for Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their....
IndiaNCERT / CBSEKindergarten / Foundation closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their....

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Official curriculum references