Traditional Tales
If the children are struggling to suggest some traditional
tales, here are some examples:
Main characters are animals:
The Three Billy Goats Gruff,
Goldilocks and the Bears,
The Gingerbread Man,
Little Red Riding Hood,
Three Little Pigs,
Chicken Licken,
Little Red Hen,
The Ugly Duckling,
The Frog Prince,
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse,
Puss in Boots.
Main characters are not animals:
Cinderella,
Rapunzel,
Snow-white and the Seven Dwarfs,
The Princess and the Pea,
Rumpelstiltskin,
Piped Piper of Hamlin,
Hansel and Gretel,
The Elves and the Shoemaker.
Enormous Turnip,
Jack and the Beanstalk (hen that lays golden eggs).
Week 1 Monday: Comprehension 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Australian Animals
Do you know who this is?
Week 1 Monday: Comprehension 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Who is this?
1. Look at each picture. Do you know the name of this animal?
2. Describe the animal. What will it feel like, sound like and smell like?
3. Write the name of the animal. Can you use the wordbank to help you write the
name?
kangaroo
crocodile
frog
emu
koala bear
kookaburra
Week 1: Monday: Comprehension 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Sequencing The Rainbow Bird
Long ago in the Time of Dreams, there lived a rough,
tough Crocodile Man. He was huge and mean and
scary. He had fire! He held it with his feet, balanced it
on his head and breathed it from his throat.
Crocodile Man wouldn’t share the fire with anyone!
Bird Woman pleaded with him to let her have fire, but
he told her to eat her food raw. She asked about
sharing fire with the people, but he said no!
Time passed. Bird Woman watched Crocodile Man
and waited. One afternoon he opened his mouth very
wide to yawn and Bird Woman flew down and
snatched a firestick, and flew back into the air.
Feeling proud of herself she decided to give fire to
people. She flew around the country putting Fire into
the heart of every tree. From that day on people could
make Fire using dry sticks and logs from a tree.
Then Bird Woman did a dance and put the firesticks
into her tail. She became the beautiful Rainbow Bird.
She told Crocodile Man that he must stay down in the
wet water, while she flew high and dry in the air.
To this day Crocodile lives down in the swamp. His Fire
is gone now. Rainbow Bird still lives in the air and
sometimes you can see her taking fire to the trees, in
a blaze of feathers rainbow bright.
Week 1: Tuesday: Comprehension 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
What makes a good performance?
The Rainbow Bird
The best performance will include:
 Clear speaking which everyone can
hear.
 Fluent reading.
 Eye-contact with the audience.
 Agreement on how you will perform.
Week 1 Tuesday: Spoken Language 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Why Frog can only croak
(adapted from Stories from the Billabong page 17-19)
Every morning, Lyrebird came down to the stream to sing. He had the most beautiful voice.
He could imitate the sound of all the other birds.
One day, while Lyrebird was singing he noticed something unusual in the stream. The water
was flowing fast, and there were lots of bubbles in it. Most of the bubbles were white. But,
one bubble looked dark and there seemed to be something inside it.
Lyrebird watched, the dark bubble burst and out fell a little green frog.
Little Green Frog swam to one of the water-lilies. He climbed on to it and looked this way
and that.
Lyrebird flew down to talk to Little Green Frog. He asked if he could sing or talk, but the frog
shook his head. He was just about to fly away when he heard the voice of the Spirit of the
Creator say to him “This little frog is your brother. Teach him to sing!”
Lyrebird started to give frog singing lessons. Frog was a quick learner. He could sing so well
that Lyrebird thought he was a better singer than him! Lyrebird asked the other animals to
come and listen. They were very impressed by how well he could sing, imitate the other
animals and even make noises like the sounds from nature.
That night, when all the animals had gone home, the frog climbed on to his favourite lilypad. He puffed out his chest and shouted “I can sing better than the Lyrebird! I am the
greatest singer in the world!”
The other frogs told him not to be so boastful. But he wouldn’t listen and kept on shouting.
“I am so great a singer, I could make the moon come tumbling out of the sky to listen to me”
he shouted.
So, he took a deep breath and started to sing. He sang so beautifully that all the other frogs
came out of the water to listen to him. But, the moon took no notice at all.
The next night he tried again. He sang louder and longer and even more beautifully. But still
the moon took no notice.
Frog couldn’t believe it! Next night, he tried again. He sang on and on. He sang louder and
louder and louder. But the moon just kept sailing along among the clouds.
Suddenly, to his horror, his voice gave out. He had strained his vocal cords to breaking point.
He opened his mouth, but all that came out was a croak. And from that day to this, when
the moon is bright, you will find frogs coming out of the water, and gathering together. But
when they try to sing, all they can manage is “Croak! Croak! Croak!”
Week 1 Wednesday: Word Reading 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Decoding Strategies
When you come across a word you don’t know,
use these strategies to help you read it!
Use the pictures
Break words into
syllables
e.g. cat-er-piller
Skip the word and
read the rest of the
sentence to try and
work out what it
says
Look for smaller
words within words
c-at
Sound out the word
Did the sentence
you read make
sense?
Week 1 Wednesday: Word Reading 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Why Frog can only croak
Is this story a traditional tale?
What is your evidence?
What animals are included in the story?
Who is the hero of the story?
What does this story teach us about being good?
Where did Lyrebird go every morning?
Why did she go there?
What unusual thing did Lyrebird see one morning?
Why was Lyrebird surprised to see Little Green Frog?
Do you think Little Green Frog wanted to learn to sing?
Why did Lyrebird teach Little Green Frog to sing?
Why did the other animals tell Little Green Frog to stop
boasting?
What was the consequence of Little Green Frog boasting?
Week 1 Wednesday: Word Reading 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
What made Tiddalick laugh?
Is this story a traditional tale?
What is your evidence?
What animals are included in the story?
Who is the hero of the story?
What does this story teach us about being good?
How did Tiddalick feel when he woke up and what did he do?
What was the consequence of Tiddalick drinking all the water?
Why do the animals want to make Tiddalick laugh?
What makes you laugh?
How did Platypus feel when she heard that Tiddalick had drunk
all the water and what did she do?
What made Tiddalick laugh?
Why do you think Tiddalick decided not to drink all the water
again?
Week 1 Wednesday: Word Reading 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
How Kangaroo got her pouch
Is this story a traditional tale?
What is your evidence?
What animals are included in the story?
Who is the hero of the story?
What does this story teach us about being good?
Why did Mother Kangaroo help the old wombat?
What did she do to help him?
How did Mother Kangaroo distract the hunter?
How did Mother Kangaroo feel when she returned to find
wombat and Joey?
Who did wombat turn out to be?
What was left to Mother Kangaroo?
Why was Mother Kangaroo chosen to have a gift?
How did she feel?
Week 1 Wednesday: Word Reading 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
The two moths and the flowers of the
mountain
Is this story a traditional tale?
What is your evidence?
What animals are included in the story?
Who is the hero of the story?
What does this story teach us about being good?
What do you think being beautiful means?
Why did Bogong love Myee?
Myee was curious about snow, what are you curious about?
Why did Bogong try to stop Myee from flying to the
mountains?
What happened to Myee’s wings while she was asleep?
What did she think would be a consequence of this?
Why will her beauty last forever?
Week 1 Wednesday: Word Reading 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Why Frog can only croak?
Lyrebird was excellent at singing. He didn’t know anyone who could
sing as well as him. He’d sing in the morning by the cool running
water of the stream. Lyrebird looked into the water. He couldn’t stop
looking at it. “Isn’t it beautiful,” he said.
Just then he saw something that shouldn’t be there, in the bubbles of
the stream. “I haven’t seen that before,” he whispered. He jumped
down to the edge of and stream and took a closer look. He mightn’t
have seen it except that it was a different colour to the other bubbles.
It was a Little Green Frog. “Do you sing?” he asked. But Little Green
Frog didn’t. “If you can’t sing, then I’m going to teach you!” said
Lyrebird.
Eventually Little Green Frog sang so beautifully that Lyrebird couldn’t
sing as well as him. “I shan’t be able to sing as well as Little Green
Frog,” said Lyrebird. He was sad.
“There’s nothing in the world that can sing as well as me!” boasted
Little Green Frog. “I haven’t found any animal as clever as me, even
Lyrebird can’t sing as well. One day I’ll sing so well that even the
moon won’t be able to stay away!” said Little Green Frog.
Little Green Frog sang. But the moon wasn’t interested and stayed in
the sky. “It isn’t working,” he said. He tried again. “It’s no good!” he
sobbed. The moon stayed in the sky. Eventually he tried so hard, all
that came out of his mouth was a croak! And until this very day, that
is the only thing that frogs can sing!
Week 1 Thursday: Word Reading 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Apostrophe Pairs

Cut out each word.

Place the words upside down and spread them out in front of you.

Turn over two words and see if they match. If they do you match, keep them and
have another turn. If they don’t match put them back.
can’t
don’t
I’ll
shouldn’t didn’t
we’ll
hasn’t
it’s
haven’t
isn’t
isn’t
haven’t
it’s
hasn’t
we’ll
don’t
can’t
didn’t shouldn’t I’ll
I’m
I’ve
they’d hasn’t
they’d I’ve
I’m
hasn’t shan’t
shan’t
Week 1 Thursday Word Reading 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Apostrophe Bingo
Cut out these contractions and place them in a bag. Pull out one word at a time. If a child has
the word on their bingo card, they put a counter on top to cover it. The first child who has all
their words covered is the winner.
can’t
don’t
I’ll
shouldn’t didn’t
we’ll
hasn’t
it’s
haven’t
isn’t
shan’t
isn’t
I’m
I’ve
we’d
they’d
there’s
hadn’t
who’s
where’s
how’ll
how’s
mightn’t mustn’t
Week 1 Thursday Word Reading 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
couldn’t
Bingo Boards
There are enough different Bingo boards for a group of eight children.
shall not
it is
should not
I will
can not
we will
have not
they had
did not
have not
has not
do not
can not
is not
I am
I have
Week 1 Thursday Word Reading 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
it is
should not
can not
I will
did not
we will
shall not
they had
I have
I will
I am
shall not
can not
did not
it is
they had
Week 1 Thursday Word Reading 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
there is
he will
should not shall not
I will
I had
they had
we had
who is
where is
how will
how is
can not
we will
there is
they had
Week 1 Thursday Word Reading 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
might not
must not
how will
who is
how is
we will
have not
they had
shall not
have not
must not should not shall not
it is
might not
Week 1 Thursday Word Reading 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
how is
Apostrophe Snap

Read each contraction.

Draw a line between the contraction and words which form it.
Contraction
Full word/words
 can’t
 can not
 won’t
 has not
 didn’t
 should not
 couldn’t
 will not
 shouldn’t
 let us
 hasn’t
 I will
 it’s
 will not
 I’ll
 could not
 haven’t
 is not
 isn’t
 I am
 let’s
 we had
 I’m
 did not
 I’ve
 I have
 we’d
 it is
 they’d
 have not
 hasn’t
 they had
Week 1 Thursday Word Reading 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
What made Tiddalick laugh?
Tiddalick woke up from a long sleep and was thirsty. He
didn’t know what to do! “I’m thirsty,” he said. “Where’s the
closest pond, and I will have a drink!” he thought. He didn’t
just drink the pond, he drank the water in the streams and
river as well. He couldn’t stop drinking.
How Kangaroo got her pouch
Kangaroo didn’t know how to keep her baby safe. “I’m
worried he will get lost,” she said to herself. She’d tried
everything to keep him close by, but she couldn’t think of
anything that worked. “How’ll I ever be able to keep him
safe?” she thought. “He’s always hopping away to explore!”
she moaned.
One morning when she was feeding Joey she met a very old
wombat. “I’m sick and blind,” he said. “I’m hungry and
thirsty. And I haven’t a friend in the world.”
Mother Kangaroo felt sorry for him. “’I ’ll be your friend!” she
said.
Week 1 Friday Transcription 3
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
The two moths and the flowers of the mountain
Long ago, two moths lived in the plains at the foot of the
mountains. In those days the plains didn’t have flowers on
them and they weren’t a pretty place to live.
The two moths hadn’t got the same pattern on their wings.
Bogong had dull wings while Myee had bright wings. They
loved each other and couldn’t think of being apart.
One day Myee asked Bongong if he’d any idea why the tops
of the mountain were white but he hadn’t got a clue!
“There’s always white on the top of the mountain,” he said.
“We’d better fly there and see what it is,” begged Myee.
Bongong said “It’s not a good plan! We mightn’t be able to
make it all the way there!”
Week 1 Friday Transcription 3
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Is this a traditional tale or not?
 Use pictures, words, phrases and sentences to record your ideas.
 Your group must agree on the ideas you record.
 You must use evidence from the story to support your ideas.
The Rainbow
Bird
The Rainbow
Serpent
Why Frogs can
only croak
What made
Taddalik laugh?
How Kangaroo The two moths
got her pouch and the flowers of
the mountain
Animal
characters
Hero
Villain
Moral
What good
behaviour does
this story teach?
Is this a
traditional tale
or not?
Week 2 Monday Comprehension 3
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Why is the
Platypus such a
special creature?
Oral Story of How the Crow Became Black.
 The Hawk and the Crow make a pact. They will each go out hunting for
the day and whatever they catch, they will bring it back and share it. That
way they will be certain to have a good supper together.
 Crow goes out. First he decided to catch some ducks. He goes to a water
hole.
 He breaks off some water reed so that it makes a tube through which he
can breath when hiding under the water. He also ties a bag around his
waist.
 He creeps into the water and submerges himself. He breaths through
the water reed tube.
 The duck swim over him. He reaches up and grabs one and drags it into
the bag. He does this three times so he has caught three ducks.
 Crow leaves the water hole and goes to the river. There he uses a sharp
stick of thorn to spear several fish. He adds these to the bag.
 Then Crow goes home. The Hawk is still out and so Crow quickly builds a
fire and cooks his duck and fish. What he can’t eat, he hides away in a dip
in the ground.
 Hawk finally arrives home. He has hunted all day and caught nothing.
He tracked a kangaroo but it escaped. He hovered over possums but they
hid from him. He is tired and hungry.
 Hawk can smell the cooked duck. He asks Crow where the food is that
Crow had agreed to share.
 Crow says that he has eaten it and laughs at Hawk. He says that Hawk is
lazy and a rubbish hunter.
 Hawk asks if there is any more food. Crow lies and says no.
 Hawk is so angry that he holds Crow in his beak and rolls him in the ashes
of the fire. Crow gets all covered in charcoal and turns black. Ever
afterwards Crow is black as a sign to everyone that he broke his promise.
 Also Crow eats mouldy dead things that lie on roads or in the hollows of
the land as a punishment for being greedy and hiding the food he hadn’t
eaten from Hawk.
Week 2 Tuesday Spoken Langugae 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Oral Story of How the Crow Became Black.
(prompts for children)
Hawk and Crow make a promise to share the food they catch.
Hawk and Crow go hunting.
Crow hides in the reeds, with water-reed in his mouth and a
bag around his waist.
Crow goes under the water, breathing through the water
reed.
Ducks swim over to him and he grabs one and puts it in his
bag. He has three ducks in his bag.
Crow goes to the river and catches fish with a spear. He has
fish and ducks in his bag.
Crow goes home and builds a fire. Hawk is not there.
Crow eats the ducks and fish.
Hawk comes home empty handed. He has tried to catch food,
but was not able to.
Hawk is cross that Crow ate all of the food and broke their
promise.
Crow teases Hawk.
Hawk is cross and rolls Crow in the ashes of the fire. His
feathers are black.
He is now black as a sign to everyone that he broke his
promise.
Week 2 Tuesday Spoken Langugae 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Oral Story for The Lizard-Man and the Creation of Uluru
 Alinga, the Lizard-Man was a mighty warrior. His favourite weapon was
the boomerang. He could throw a boomerang so far that it sometimes
took days to return.
 One day he made a special boomerang, and threw it as far as he could to
see how long it took to return.
 He collected the branches of eucalypt trees and tied them together with
the sinews of kangaroo tails. He made glue with seeds of spinifex grass
and sealed the cracks in the boomerang. Finally he polished it with the
wax of wild bees.
 Alinga used all his strength and threw the mighty boomerang into the
sky.
 He waited for hours, days, weeks, months and year… but the boomerang
did not return!
 He went looking for it and asked everyone he met if they had seen it. No
one had. He journeyed on and on, through desert, forest and mountain
but he couldn’t find his boomerang.
 Finally he saw a great red dome rising out of the desert. It was shaped
like an enormous boomerang. As he got closer, he saw it was his
boomerang. It had crashed into the desert and over time it had been
covered with layers of red dust and sand until it turned into a huge red
block of rock.
 Alinga was happy; he had found his boomerang. He tried to lift it. But, it
was too heavy. He struggled for days but the boomerang was too deep in
the ground.
 Alinga didn’t want to be parted from his boomerang so he settled down
to live beside it.
 It is said the lizards who now live in the caves at the foot of the red rock
known as Uluru are his spiritual descendants.
Week 2 Tuesday Spoken Langugae 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Oral Story of The Lizard-Man and the Creation of Uluru.
(prompts for children)
Alinga, the Lizard-Man, was a mighty warrior, who often
threw his boomerang so far it took days to return.
One day he made a special boomerang and threw it very far
into the sky. He waited until it came back. It did not come
back!
He asked if anyone had seen it. No one had.
Alinga journeyed far and wide over the mountains, plains and
forest looking for his boomerang.
Finally he saw a great red dome rising out of the ground. It
was his boomerang. It had crashed into the ground and the
sand had covered it completely.
The Lizard-Man was happy he had found his boomerang. He
tried to lift it, but it was stuck. He struggled to lift it, but he
couldn’t!
Eventually he decided that as it had settled in the ground, so
would he. He would live at the base of the great red dome.
It is said that the lizards that live in the cracks around Uluru
are his descendants!
Week 2 Tuesday Spoken Langugae 2
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Past and present tense Pairs

Cut out each word.

Place the words upside down and spread them out in front of you.

Turn over two words. Read the words and see if they match. If they don’t put them
back.

If they do match, read them aloud to the group. Which is the past tense? Keep them
and have another turn.
threw
tied
ran
tie
gather
turn
throws collected
collect
ask
asked
climb
passed run
gathered
turned
journeyed showed pass
climbed
journey
decided
show
decide
Week 2 Wednesday Grammar 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Past-tense tales




Read each sentence.
Identify the past-tense verbs and highlight them.
Find the past-tense verbs in a thesaurus and select a better word.
Write the sentence again, and include the new verb.
1. Lizard-Man made a boomerang.
2. He found branches on the dusty floor.
3. Alinga tied them together.
4. He threw the boomerang into the air.
5. Lizard-Man waited for the boomerang to fall to the ground.
6. Alinga went looking for the boomerang.
7. He went over mountains and plains but couldn’t find the boomerang.
8. Lizard-Man saw a big red rock, the same shape as his boomerang.
9. He tried to pick the boomerang up but it was too heavy.
10. Alinga decided to live next to his boomerang.
Week 2 Wednesday Grammar 1
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Story map for How the Crow Became Black
Week 2 Thursday Comprehension 4 (example of a Story Map)
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
The Same and Different
Notes for teachers on completing a Venn diagram.
On the left hand side put information just about Wombat goes Walkabout (i.e. what is different from Dingo Dog)
On the right hand side put information just about Dingo Dog (i.e. what is different from Wombat goes Walkabout)
In the middle put information that is common to both stories (i.e. what is the same about both stories).
For example…
Wombat goes
Walkabout
Animal is the hero but fire
is the villain.
Hero works independently
to solve the problem
Dingo Dog
Set in Australia
Group of animals are the
Australian animals
are central
Animal is the villain
characters
The heroes work together
Have hero and
to solve the problem.
villain
There is a moral in
each story
Week 2 Monday: Comprehension 5
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heroes.
Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
The Same and Different
Wombat goes Walkabout
Dingo Dog
My favourite story is
Week 3 Monday: Comprehension 5
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Example Stories
1. Introduce the main characters.
Emu is the best animal at finding leaves to eat. He has strong legs and can run quickly to eat
the juiciest plants that grow on the ground. Koala Bear is slow, and is often not able to find
any leaves.
Snake and Spider make a promise to share all of the food that they catch. Spider builds a
beautiful web and snake lies in the long grass with his mouth wide open.
On the plains and in the desert water is very scarce. What water there is collects in
Billabongs. Camel lives on the plains and Crocodile lives by the Billabong.
2. Set up the problem.
Koala asks Emu if he will help him to find tasty food. He would like to share Emu’s leaves.
Emu says that he runs so fast, that he couldn’t possibly wait for Koala Bear as he is too slow.
Emu says that if he ever sees Koala Bear again he will peck his tail, instead of the leaves.
Spider has caught grasshoppers, flies, bees and wasps in her web. Snake hasn’t caught
anything.
Camel wants a drink, but Crocodile wont let him close to the Billabong. Crocodile chases
Camel away, back into the plains.
3. Solve the problem.
Koala Bear decides to climb a tree and hide from Emu, so that when he sees him passing, he
can climb down the tree and eat the leaves that Emu has left. This also means he can’t have
his tail pecked!
Spider waits for Snake, ready to share the food, but Snake doesn’t appear. So Spider cooks
and eats all of the food. When Snake appears he is very cross with Spider and says she broke
her promise.
Camel ties a large bag to his back. He charges at Crocodile and knocks him flying into the air.
While he can, Camel drinks and drinks from the Billabong and he also fills the bag on his
back, so that when he is thirsty again he can drink the water in the bag.
4. Ending.
Koala Bear discovers that when he is in the tree he can reach all of the very best and tastiest
leaves imaginable, so doesn’t need to share with Emu. Emu still runs about to this day,
looking for Koala Bear and the tasty leaves that fall to the floor.
Snake rolls Spider in the embers of the fire and makes her all black, except for a strip of red
fire on her back. From then and until now Spider lives on her own. The strip of red on her
back is a sign to everyone that she breaks her promises! We now call her the Black Widow
Spider.
Crocodile returns to the Billabong but hides away from the other animals, staying
underwater so no one will see him. Camel comes down to the water and drinks all the water
he can, safe in the knowledge that Crocodile won’t stop him. And to this day he still carries
the bag on his bag.
Week 3 Wednesday: Composition 2 / Spoken Language 4
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How to fill an 8-page book
This is a suggested format for each child to follow, to transform their illustrations into a
storybook.
Chn in Easy group will not need a copy of this, but the adult should be directed to include
these elements on each page.
Chn in Medium group will not need a copy of this, but Teacher should direct them to
include these elements on each page.
Chn in Hard group may use this independently as Success Criteria to structure their own
writing.
Page
Front Cover
Page 1
What to include
Write: title of the book e.g. Koala can climb!
Name of author/illustrator (child’s name)
Draw: Illustration of the main characters.
Page 2
Write: Introduce the main character e.g. One day… A long
time ago… Just after the time of dreams…. On a hot sunny
morning…
Page 2
Write: Set up the problem.
Suddenly… As if by magic… Just then… However… But…
Page 3
Page 5
Write: Solve the problem
After that… Next... In the meantime… Soon after that…
Page 6
Page 7
Write: Ending
Finally… In the end… When this was over…
Back Cover
Write: A blurb to entice readers to want to read and enjoy
Page 8
your story. Give them clues about what it is about, but make
sure you keep some surprises!
The Best Story will include:
 Sentences that include the word and, to join two ideas together.
 Some question and exclamation (end sentences with ? or !) sentences.
 Characters speaking (use speech marks around what they say)
Week 3 Thursday: Composition 3
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Book Review
Book review by: ______________________________________
Why would you recommend the book?
Title: _______________________________________________
Week 3 Friday: Comprehension 6: Easy
Author: _____________________________________________
RATING:
Draw your favourite part of the story!
What happens in the book?
Rating:
Week 3 Friday: Comprehension 6
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Book Review
Title of the story
Hero
Author
Villain
Other characters
What happens in the story?
Who is your favourite character?
What is your favourite part of the story?
Why did you choose this book?
Week 3 Friday: Comprehension 6
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B
Book Review
Title of the story
Hero
Author
Villain
Other characters
Where is the story set?
What is the problem in the story?
How is the problem solved?
What is the moral of the story?
Can you think of a time when you will need to remember this moral?
Why did you choose this book?
Week 3 Friday: Comprehension 6
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Yr1/2 – Sum F 5B