Hi, Fly Guy! Literacy Unit

Companion worksheets for Hi, Fly Guy! that move from a before-reading can/have/are chart about pets to vocabulary, chapter summaries and a story about the characters' next adventure.
Year levels
Years 1–3
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Updated Jun 03, 2022

Subject
Reading, English
Topic
Fly Guy, Literacy Unit
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9E1LY05 — use comprehension strategies such as visualising AC9E1LE05 — orally retell or adapt a familiar story using plot

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About this resource

This resource is a Hi, Fly Guy! Literacy Unit.

This unit has 7 worksheets to pair with this fiction book.

Included:

  • - Can Have Are chart

  • - Vocabulary chart

  • - Comprehension fill in the blank

  • - Comprehension chapter writing

  • - Making predictions

  • - Blank writing template

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Define vocabulary from the book such as pest and fly swatter

  • Summarise each chapter by completing fill-in-the-blank sentences

  • Plan and write a new adventure for the characters

Teaching tips

  • Copies of Hi, Fly Guy! are needed alongside the worksheets, since the book itself is not included.

  • Assign each student the fill-in-the-blank version that matches the support they need.

Skills covered

  • Activating prior knowledge — listing what pets can do, have and are before reading

  • Summarising — filling in chapter summaries with or without a word bank

  • Narrative writing — planning, then drafting, the characters' next adventure

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9E1LY05 — use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning when listening, viewing and reading to build literal and inferred meaning by drawing on vocabulary and growing knowledge of context and text structures
  • AC9E1LE05 — orally retell or adapt a familiar story using plot and characters, language features including vocabulary, and structure of a familiar text, through role-play, writing, drawing or digital tools

Core concepts

  • Vocabulary

  • Chapter summary

  • Prior knowledge

  • Story continuation

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