This is a unit of work I created for my Stage Two students, based on the text “Gorilla” by Anthony Browne. Whilst I used it as a shared reading text, it would be easily adapted to a guided reading group with the “questions to consider” serving as comprehension questions.
This unit has a heavy visual literacy focus, requiring students to “read between the lines” and interpret the illustrations, focussing on line, colour and size.
The unit contains:
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a suggested guide to shared reading
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an in-depth background to gorillas - habits, habitat, behaviour, endangered status and fun facts
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learning intentions
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a shared reading guide - page by page discussion prompts with both literal and inferential comprehension questions
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embedded visual literacy prompts
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an “after the text” guide with a debate topic
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a mini writing unit (with one writing prompt per day, to match the week of shared reading lessons) with rich stimulus images and writing prompts.
I taught this unit of work over one week.
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