CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE COMPONENT - SHORT STORY FOR YEAR 4 SJKC

By, Sandra Clayton

ABOUT

SANDRA CLAYTON

Sandra Clayton is an independent professional writer providing solutions in written communication. She specializes in web content management, business documentation, editing and proofreading. Originally from Sydney, Sandra moved to Melbourne in 199 after having also freelanced in the !" after university. Career highlights include# $ Most recently# restructuring on%line documentation for a leading national cosmetic retailer. $ &reparing corporate proposal and presentation materials for international management consultancies, investment ban's and educational institutions in both (ustralia and the !". $ )eveloping on%line information management structures to improve the efficiency of archiving, and retrieving pro*ect materials. $ +stablishing and managing a graphics department to centralise the preparation of tenders and and conference materials for the (ustralasian mar'et. $ Copywriting national advertising campaigns, product promotions and technical manuals for a leading electronics retailer.

,his story is about a wonderful, special old house. ,he old house has been asleep for many years. -obody lived in it. ,hat is, until the day the snail moved in. (fter that, many other animals came to live there too. Mr. and Mrs. .abbits came. Mr. Mouse and his huge family came. /ollowed by a deer, some wrens, bats and a stray cat came. ( griffin came and a unicorn, and a dragon too. One day, a couple decided to buy the house and they moved in. ,hey are Sam and )ella. ,hey were special people. ,hey li'ed animals and special things li'e griffin and unicorns. ,hey cleaned the house and lived there with the animals. ,hey were happy. ,he animals were happy. Most of all, the old house was happy too.

PLOT OF SUMMARY ,his delightful story is about an old house.,he old house was empty for many years.0t slept through those long years.,hen a snail came to live in the house.(fter that, many other animals came to live there, too.Mr. and Mrs. .abbit came.Mr. Mouse and his huge family came.( deer, some wrens, bats and a stray cat came too, ( giraffe came in and then a unicorn and a dragon came.One day, a couple bought the house and moved in. ,hey were Sam and )ella. ,hey were special people.,hey li'ed animals and special things li'e giraffe and unicorns.,hey cleaned the house and lived there with the animals.

SETTING

,his story was happened in an old house had been asleep for many years wherereas l the animals lived in and had a party before a couple bought the old house.
CHARACTERS

MORAL VALUES - FRIENDLY ,

LOVE

LESSON PLAN 1
L arn!n" O#t$o% & 1.2 ,al' about the people, places and moral values of the story heard, read and viewed in simple language. S' $!(!$at!on) & 1.2.1 3ive details about the people and animals of a story they have heard or read. O*+ $t!, ) # &upils will be able to tal' about the boo' cover and share what they have seen in the picture. Mat r!al) & &icture of the literature te4tboo' cover, boo' cover. T!% St ') # 56 minutes &

1. ,eacher shows the picture of a house and as's the pupils to tal' about the house. . 3ive some clues if the pupils unable to describe, for e4ample# - 7ow does the house loo' li'e8 - 9hat is the house made of8 1. )istribute the literature te4tboo's to the pupils. :. (s' the pupils what they can see on the cover. +.g.# - 9hat is the title of the story8 - 9ho wrote the story8 - 9ho is the illustrator8 ;. (s' the pupils to identify at least one character in the picture. 2. ,eacher names five places in the picture and pupils name the characters according to the places <one place after another=. 5. ,eacher as's the pupils to predict what the story is about. . ,eacher distributes the wor'sheet. -OR.SHEET /&

>oo' at the cover and answer these ?uestions.

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L arn!n" O#t$o% & :. .ead and en*oy simple poems and stories and respond to them by tal'ing about the people and moral value of the storyApoemB and relate it to oneCs life. S' $!(!$at!on) & :. .1 .ead and give details about people, animals and places in the stories. O*+ $t!, & &upils will be able to retell the story in their own words and rearrange events into se?uence order. T!% # 56 minutes

LESSON PLAN 2

Mat r!al) & a lyric of a song, flashcard, wor'sheet on plot, radio, cd%rom A$t!,!t! )& 1. ,eacher pastes the lyric of a song <,he Old 7ouse= and as' the pupils to read through the lyric of the song. 1. ,hen, pupils sing along with the music. :. ,eacher shows a flashcard written with *umbled letters. ;. ,eacher as's the pupils to tell what are the *umbled letters written on the flashcard and as's one of the pupils to write the correct answer on the whiteboard. ,hen, teacher shows the flashcard with the correct answer. 2. 3et pupils to tal' about the animals that came to live in the house. 5. ,eacher draws a table and discuss with the pupils.

. (s's the pupils to refer to the boo' and tell which animal first came to live in the house. D. ,eacher lists down the pupilsC answers on the whiteboard. 9. &upils read out the answers that have been written down on the whiteboard before the teacher distributes the wor'sheets to the pupils. Materials

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LESSON PLAN 3 - CHARACTERS

L arn!n" O#t$o% & 1. >isten to and en*oy stories, fables and other tales of imagination and fantasy and predict outcomes, and draw conclusions at a level suited to pupilCs ability. S' $!(!$at!on) & 1. .1 .espond verbally O*+ $t!, & )escribing people, the animals and the house correctly. T!% & 56 minutes Mat r!al & >iterature te4tboo', wor'sheet. A$t!,!t! )& 1. ,eacher will as' the pupils to tal' about the characters in the story. 2. &upils give their responses and teacher lists down their answers on the whiteboard.

3. ,eacher distributes the literature te4tboo's to the pupils and read through the story. 4. &upils copy down the answers on the whiteboard and describe each character in their e4ercise boo's. 5. ,eacher distributes the wor'sheets to the pupils. 6. ,eacher discusses the answers with the pupils.

Not ) ,eacher has to ma'e sure the pupils 'now all the names of the characters with the right spelling. 9O."S7++, ;

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LESSON PLAN 4

MORAL VALUES

L arn!n" O#t$o% ) & 1.; ,ell stories based on pictures and other stimuli and recite poems. S' $!(!$at!on) & .ecite simple poems and chant rhymes in full. O*+ $t!, ) & (ble to relate moral value with daily life. Mat r!al & >iterature te4tboo', song lyric, wor'sheets. T!% & 56 minutes A$t!,!t! )& 1. ,eacher distributes the literature te4tboo's and as's pupils to read the story. 2. ,eacher as's pupils to identify the animals from the story and name the animals from the story. 3. ,eacher lists down the answers on the whitebeard and discuss with them each animalsC attitudes. 4. &upils write down the moral values related to the animalsC attitudes in the story. 5. ,eacher distributes the wor'sheets to the pupils and discusses the answers with the pupils. 6. ,eacher teaches pupils to sing a song. 7. &upils sing the song. 8. ,eacher distributes wor'sheet to pupils.

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