Clancy & Millie and the Very Fine House
Firing up the Brain:
Have you ever moved house before?
What do people have to do to move house?
How long does it take?
What emotions might people feel as they move?
What do people have to do to move house?
How long does it take?
What emotions might people feel as they move?
Preparing the Brain:
WALT (We are learning to): Compare your life to the life of a character in a narrative:
WILF (What I'm looking for): We have a go.
WILF (What I'm looking for): We have a go.
Engaging the Brain:
Stretching the Brain:
Compare your home to Clancy's home.
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Strengthening the Brain:
Firing up the Brain:
Preparing the Brain:
WWLT: What are some of the emotions a character feels in a narrative.
WILF: Use whole body listening.
WILF: Use whole body listening.
Engaging the Brain:
Read the Narrative: focus on the emotions Clancy is feeling in each scene...
Stretching the Brain:
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Strengthening the Brain:
What can you see in these bedrooms?
What emotions do you think kids feel when they see these rooms?
Do you think Clancy would like to live in one of these bedrooms? Why?
What emotions do you think kids feel when they see these rooms?
Do you think Clancy would like to live in one of these bedrooms? Why?
Firing up the Brain:
I see.... I think ... I wonder...
Around the early 20th century (1915 – 1930) the house was moved, most likely by a team of horses, from Charters Towers to Townsville when the gold mines shut down.
Preparing the Brain:
WWLT: Explain what we see, thing and wonder when we look at pages of the narrative "Clancy & Millie and the Very Fine House"
WILF: We participate in all activities
WILF: We participate in all activities
What do you see.... What do you think... What do you wonder...
Stretching the Brain:
Strengthening the Brain:
Comprehension
Firing up the Brain:
Preparing the Brain:
WWLT: How to use the book to answer comprehension questions.
WILF: Try to improve.
WILF: Try to improve.
Engaging the Brain:
What sort of house did Clancy first live in?
What did it look like?
What did it feel like?
What did it look like?
What did it feel like?
What sort of house does Clancy move to?
What does it look like?
What does it feel like?
What does it look like?
What does it feel like?
Strengthening the Brain:
Why do Clancy’s mum and dad like the new house?
Why doesn’t Clancy like it?
Why doesn’t Clancy like it?
Stretching the Brain:
What in a narrative can give us clues to what is happening and what the character is feeling?
Imaginative Retell
Firing up the Brain:
What happened first in the story?
When did thing start to go wrong?
What was the problem?
How did Clancy fix the problem?
What was the ending?
When did thing start to go wrong?
What was the problem?
How did Clancy fix the problem?
What was the ending?
Preparing the Brain:
WWLT: Use a planning sheet to plan help us to retell the story of Clancy, Millie & the Very Fine House.
WILF: I have a go.
WILF: I have a go.
Engaging the Brain:
Discuss pictures and model using planning sheet.
Strengthening the Brain:
Using the planning sheet provided, plan your imaginative retell of Clancy, Millie & the Very Fine House.
story_map_template.docx | |
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Stretching the Brain:
Gallery walk for planning sheets.
Next session - write the imaginative retell.
Next session - write the imaginative retell.
Comprehension - Illustrations
Firing up the Brain:
What can you see in these photos? Where do you think they were taken?
Are there any similarities to the illustration by Freya Blackwood below?
Preparing the Brain:
WWLT: Understanding how illustrations are important and can effect the story.
WILF: Be accepting of others' ideas.
WILF: Be accepting of others' ideas.
Engaging the Brain:
Look at the clouds that have been painted throughout the book.
What can you see?
How do the clouds change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story?
What can you see?
How do the clouds change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story?
Strengthening the Brain:
Complete the following activity to show your understanding of how the clouds have changed throughout the narrative.
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Compare and Contrast
Firing up the Brain:
Preparing the Brain:
WWLT: Understand what compare is, what contrast and use those skills to compare and contrast the narrative.
WILF: Ignore distractions.
WILF: Ignore distractions.
Engaging the Brain:
Compare and contrast Clancy's new house to his old one...
Strengthening the Brain:
Compare and contrast Clancy's new and old kitchen.