Record and display some of your favourite fairy tales stories and characters. Encourage students to share their work and discuss their reasoning for why they have chosen their fairy tales and characters.
Discuss literary texts and share responses by making connections with students’ own experiences
Discuss plot, character and setting, which are features of stories
Discuss how characters and settings are connected in literature created by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators
Identify features of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and give reasons for personal preferences
Discuss the characters and settings of a range of texts and identify how language is used to present these features in different ways
Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with students' own experiences
Express preferences for specific texts and authors and listen to the opinions of others
Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts
Discuss how depictions of characters in print, sound and images reflect the contexts in which they were created
Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences
Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways
Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with own experiences
Express preferences for specific texts and authors and listen to the opinions of others
Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and compare some features of characters in different texts
Discuss how depictions of characters in print, sound and images reflect the contexts in which they were created
Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences
Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways
Give verbal or written justifications for why you have chosen your fairy tales and character selections.