Tumut Public School Library

PLANNING & PROGRAMMING: A PROJECT-BASED LIBRARY STAGE 1 UNIT

Year 1/2: Alphabet Book looking at Literary Elements

Year level: 1 and 2

Duration of Unit: Weeks 1-10 Term 1 Lesson time: 45- 60 mins / week / class

Learning areas: English (Description Writing, poetry) and Technology (iPad skills).
Inquiry focus: Types of writing
Student Outcomes:
English K10
EN1-2A plans, composes and reviews a small range of simple texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers and viewers
EN1-4A 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
EN1-11D responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences

Wide range of subject

matter including (but not
limited to):
alliteration
poetry
alphabet
literary elements

Learning area skills

Working in a range of groupings, students will:
build their background knowledge of a variety of text types
locate relevant information from a variety of print, audiovisual and
online sources (including nonfiction books, DVDs, websites and video
clips)
formulate their own inquiry questions (Focus question and 4- 6
supporting Contributing Questions)
notetake relevant information using bullet points and keywords
present books- looking at structure and format
collate, analyse, synthesise research findings in order to construct a
response to their own Focus Question
present learning in print format

Cross curriculum priorities: (Reference Australian Curriculum

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/)
Sustainability
Australian National Curriculum General Capabilities addressed by this unit:
Literacy
Information and communication technology (ICT) capability
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Focus iPad and Computer Competencies:
In pairs / groups of three, students will:
access prescribed websites in order to locate relevant information
independently search the Internet for relevant and user friendly websites, using Internet Explorer
(accessed on library computers) or Chrome (using the librarys set of iPads)
complete online Skinny survey (using Survey Monkey). Each student will complete the survey
independently; not with a partner(s)
Assessment:
individual alphabet books created by each child
teachers oral and / or video interviews with pairs / groups of students at various times throughout the
unit
Lesson Focus and Learning Intention
Wee
k2

Introduction to the library for 2016

Discuss borrowing times and rules. Introduce to flexible
learning spaces.
Add authors names to coverpage. Watercolour wash page.

Resources needed and

specific teaching pointsread a book a week
Large sheets of paper- write
rules for the library on the
paper. Children write rules in
their own book.

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k3

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k5

http://readyteacher.com/educational-quotes/
This is a fun mini lesson with animated characters to teach
students about the information found on the title page of a
book. In this fun video, two animated characters (a teacher
and student) discuss the information found on the front
cover of a book. Students will have fun listening to the
conversation between the teacher and student called
Learnopedia, while learning about the title page
information
FF: take photos of them reading on iPads and then have
them write about books they like to read.
Discuss aspects of books.
Each page is to be created in their library book first and
then edited, Start with alliteration using the first letter of
their name. Demonstrate how to create a story using
alliteration. Have children use shelf markers to locate a
book in the fiction section that starts with the same letter
as their name. eg Meg = M.
Meg went to the mountain and made friends.
Theme Edit stories and then add illustrations on one page.
Discuss illustrations.
Theme- window, mirror, where the forest meets the sea

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k7

Poetic elements: Everyone working on the same letter eg

O that no one has as the first letter of their name. Read a
poem and discuss rhyming pattern.
Create a poem with attempt at rhyming.
Setting: Look at a different illustrator and their style. Use
different medium to complete the picture.
Plan for town library visit next week. Students will choose a
book in junior fiction section for one page of their book.
Town library visit. Emphasis on notetaking. Using book to
get ideas for their own book.

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k8

Write up story from notes last week taken at town library. Watch
interview with an author discussing their strategies. Plot

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k6

Once upon an alphabet by

Oliver Jeffers
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=GCAFhDIR130
Use for assessing prior
knowledge
Ipads
Watching video from Sarah
Davies on how she collects
ideas for illustrations.
Poetry books- theme poems on
ipads
The Eleventh Hour

Create template for notetaking.name of book, author/illustrator,

key points in story, ideas for
illustrations

http://study.com/academy/lesso
n/the-ugly-ducking-summary-

characters-author.html
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Non-Fiction: Students complete page in book based on nonfiction topic of choice. Look up non-fiction books on shelf. Eg
Ants- write facts etc and include relevant subheadings.
Characters: Looking at characters. Use page to create a
character. Eg name is Bruce. Would be on the B page. Talk about
style and look and how names can match characters.
Point Of View: Write a page with storyline using First,
Second, or Third-Person point of view of a different animal.
Show how to do. Use title as the starting point for the page.

Read snippet of Charlottes web