Literacy – Writing and Representing

Lesson Plan - Bertha and Bear Written by Christine Sharp.

Curriculum area - Stage 1 Literacy

Duration - 60min

Retell of the Story - Writing and Representing.

Bertha and Bear Written by Christine Sharp - YouTube - Little Birdie Books read aloud of Bertha and Bear by Christine Sharp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sJMuuDLspA

Introduce - Bertha and Bear Written by Christine Sharp to students, and explain to students that Bertha and Bear is a lyrical text that explores friendship, bravery and the importance of home.

Bertha and Bear is written in third person, present tense and is appropriate for younger readers. It successfully combines poetic language with a simple narrative structure that explores the themes of friendship and courage. It is beautiful as a read-aloud text.

Learning Outcomes - Literacy

EN1-2A plans, composes and reviews a small range of simple texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers and viewers

 EN1-5A uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words

 EN1-8B recognises that there are different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter 

Before Reading - Bertha and Bear, ask students to look carefully at the front cover. What predictions can students make about the story?

Enquiry Questioning.

Why do Bertha and Bear become friends?

How important are friends?

How does Bertha show courage and resilience?

Once read through, ask students to Use the illustrations as a guide, retell the story of Bertha and Bear in their own words.

Informal assessment of students’ prior knowledge, measuring outcome EN1-8B recognises that there are different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter.

:) Hopefully your students will enjoy!