Lesson Plan
Lesson 9: Writing a Fairy Tale
60 minutes | Suitable for Grades: 1 - 2A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a fairy tale, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Lesson Plan
Tuning In
- Explain to the students that, in this lesson, they are going to write their fairy tales independently using their story map plan as a guide.
Teacher Instruction
- Ask the students to take out their fairy tale plans. Remind them that the blue boxes are going to help with the beginning of the story, the red boxes are the middle of the story and the green box is the end of the story.
- Remind the students that the story map template is only the plan for the story. They now need to use the ideas on the template as a guide and write their fairy tale using full sentences. Encourage the students to use descriptive language to ‘dress up’ their sentences and make them interesting for the reader.
Guided/Independent Learning
- Monitor and support the students as they write their fairy tales. Teachers may wish to set a time limit for writing, or they may allow the students to take as much time as they need to complete the task. Ensure that the students know exactly how much time they have and provide regular reminders of how much time is remaining.
- Teachers may wish to provide the students with a copy of the Narrative Writing Checklist – Lower Years to help them remember the different elements of a narrative text that they have learned about during the unit.
Wrapping Up
- Check on how the students are progressing with their narratives. The speed at which the students will finish their fairy tales will vary. If necessary, provide the students with an additional lesson to complete their texts.
Differentiation
Extending Students
- Encourage more capable writers to challenge themselves by experimenting with new vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.
Supporting Students
- Support less confident writers through the planning process, so they have a clear direction for writing.
Assessment Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
- used strategic whole class or individual questioning
- observed student participation during learning activities
- recorded student progress on a checklist
- annotated student work samples
- collected and reviewed student work samples
- facilitated whole class or peer feedback sessions
- encouraged student self-reflection
- administered formal assessment tasks.
NSW Curriculum alignment
- EN1-7B
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
- EN1-9B
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
- EN1-10C
Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts
- EN1-11D
Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCELY230
Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose
- VCELT229
Build on familiar texts by experimenting with character, setting or plot
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACELY1661
Create short imaginative and informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multimodal elements, for example illustrations and diagramsElaborationsref...
- ACELY1671
Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose...
- ACELT1832
Innovate on familiar texts by using similar characters, repetitive patterns or vocabularyElaborationsimitating a characteristic piece of speech or dialogue, or the attitude or expression of favourite or humorous characters in texts (Skills: Literacy,...
- ACELT1833
Innovate on familiar texts by experimenting with character, setting or plotElaborationsinventing some speech, dialogue or behaviour of favourite or humorous characters through imagining an alternative event or outcome in the original text (Skills: Li...
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EnglishWritingText TypesImaginative WritingNarrative WritingFairy Tales
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