This worksheet is part of a larger unit called Celebrating Book Week (Early Years), created to celebrate Book Week, shortlisted books and festivities each year. This worksheet can also be used standalone, so that students can show how they celebrate Book Week.
Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences
Responds to and composes simple texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences
Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
Understands and responds to literature read to them
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
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
Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events 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 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
Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators
Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways
Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences
Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts
Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts
Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts
Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences
Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts
Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and compare some features of characters in different texts
Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators
Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts
Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with own experiences
Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways