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Monkey’s ShoesStrategies to use with a big book Band of development: Early childhood Curriculum organiser: English Year level(s): 1/2 Proposed duration: 4 sessions Essential Learning Achievements 9. The student reads effectively. 10. The student writes effectively. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Thank you to the Literacy and Numeracy Team for developing and sharing these lessons. This is a sample learning experience. Teachers need to consider its usefulness within the context of their own students’ needs and school’s curriculum plan and adapt it accordingly. Posted: November 2007 Monkey’s Shoes Strategies to use with a big book DESCRIPTION These teaching and learning experiences use the Big Book ‘Monkey’s Shoes’ by Jill Eggleton (Sails Series) as a stimulus for reading and writing. They are designed to be only one component of a balanced literacy program. While a significant amount of essential content is listed, it needs to be revisited within other parts of the program. The focus of the sessions is on: language features of the text organisational framework of the text the authorial decisions students can make when innovating texts. KEY UNDERSTANDINGS OUTCOMES Reading is decoding and understanding the words on a page. Writing has structure and form. Reading and writing are linked. This unit aims to provide opportunities for students to: identify some language features for this text type identify social purpose of this text type. ATTITUDES AND VALUES ASSESSMENT Students have opportunities to: develop a positive attitude towards reading develop a positive attitude towards experimenting with their writing. Roving conferences Author’s Circle reflecting on own work Observational notes on student involvement and responses to questions Analysis of student work samples ESSENTIAL LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS ESSENTIAL CONTENT (ACT Curriculum Framework) ELA 9 The student reads effectively In the early childhood band of development, students