English - Unit 2 The Magic of Stories and Words - Kindergarten/ Foundation Year/ Prep

Unlock the magic of reading and writing! This complete, 10-week unit takes your Foundation students on an adventure through the world of texts, transforming them from story consumers into confident story creators.

Say goodbye to planning stress with "The Magic of Stories and Words," a comprehensive English unit designed to spark a lifelong love of literature. This unit focuses on helping students understand different types of texts, from print to digital, and discover how words and images work together to create meaning.

Packed with imaginative, hands-on activities, this unit will turn your classroom into a bustling workshop of authors, illustrators and digital storytellers, making foundational literacy concepts engaging and unforgettable.

What's Inside?

This 10-week unit is meticulously planned to help you deliver exceptional English lessons with ease. You will find:

• 10 Weeks of Creative Lesson Plans: Guide your students as they become "Book Builders" in a creation workshop , "Image and Word Detectives" solving textual clues and adventurers on a "Story vs. Fact Scavenger Hunt".
• Australian Curriculum Aligned: This unit is fully aligned with the Foundation Year English curriculum. It explicitly covers key content descriptors including AC9EFLA03, AC9EFLA04, AC9EFLA07, AC9EFLY01, and AC9EFLY03.
• Integrated Digital Technologies: Go beyond the book! Students will explore the conventions of digital texts before using a tablet and a simple app to plan, create, record and edit their very own digital story.
• Built-in Assessment & Differentiation: Effortlessly monitor progress through observation opportunities embedded in each hands-on activity. Every lesson includes clear support, enrichment and extension tasks to cater to all learners in your classroom.
• Early Career Connections: Expose students to potential future pathways by connecting lessons to real-world professions. Explore the roles of an Author, Illustrator, Graphic Designer and App Developer.
• Summative Assessment Task: Conclude the unit with a practical "My Weekend News" task, complete with a student-friendly rubric for easy observational marking.

Cover Your Entire Year of English!

This is Unit 2 of a comprehensive 4-unit bundle.

Together, these four units cover all mandatory content descriptors of the Foundation Year English Curriculum, providing you with a full year's worth of engaging, high-quality English lessons. Stop the endless search for resources and reclaim your time.

Download "Unit 2: The Magic of Stories and Words" and watch your students become the authors of their own learning!