Alfie: The Turtle That Disappeared | Literacy Unit

Read-aloud companion for Alfie: The Turtle That Disappeared, with perspective writing from Nia's side and from a pet's point of view, a cut-and-paste sequencing page and six discussion cards.
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Years 3–4
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Updated Jun 03, 2022

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Reading, English
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9E4LY05 — use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising… AC9E5LE03 — recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and…

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About this resource

This resource is an Alfie: The Turtle That Disappeared Literacy Unit.

Included:

  • - Making predictions & summary writing

  • - Perspective writing x2

  • - Cut and paste sequencing w/ answer key

  • - 6 question cards

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Predict and then summarise a story using given vocabulary

  • Retell the story from Nia's point of view and write a pet's adventure in its own voice

  • Put story events in order

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9E4LY05 — use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and evaluate texts
  • AC9E5LE03 — recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and respond to events and characters

Core concepts

  • Point of view

  • Sequencing

  • Prediction

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