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Who Sank the Boat? - Mini-book

Who Sank the Boat? - Mini-book
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Description

This resource is part of a literature unit, ‘Who Sank the Boat?’, written by Pamela Allen.

This enjoyable literature unit will assist in practising comprehension skills such as retell, sequencing and asking questions to better understand the text.

The unit includes a variety of sequencing and retell activities as well as practise writing and ordering words in a sentence and a mini book to take home and show parents their knowledge and understanding of the text.

Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Rotations / Group Work
  • Class Activity
Curriculum Codes

AC9EFLE03 9

Recognise different types of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings

AC9EFLE05 9

Retell and adapt familiar literary texts through play, performance, images or writing

AC9EFLY05 9

Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently

ACELT1578 8.4

Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text

ACELT1580 8.4

Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images

ACELY1650 8.4

Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently

ENe-8B old

Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter

ENe-10C old

Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts

ENe-4A old

Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies

ENE-UARL-01 new

Understands and responds to literature read to them

ENE-OLC-01 new

Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults

ENE-RECOM-01 new

Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect

ENE-CWT-01 new

Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences

VCELT150

Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text

VCELT149

Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts

VCELT159

Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images

VCELY153

Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently

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