• Studied the Viking / Anglo-Saxon Myth Beowulf

• Learned about narrative structure / narrative cycles

• Learned about characterisation in Beowulf​

• Applied understanding of narrative structure when

  planning an original Beowulf story

• Wrote a creative story about Beowulf as a group

​WHERE WE'VE BEEN... Semester One RECAP

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• Story-boarding ancient stories

• Planning an original story using narrative structure

• Writing a new Beowulf story as a group

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Creating

• This included the Whoosh (performance activity)

• Learning about characterisation​

• Summarising three ancient Beowulf stories​ by using narrative structure

Learning

BEOWULF UNIT STRUCTURE

• Verbal feedback on work during lessons

• Feedback on Google Classroom

• Feedback in your school reports

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FEEDBACK

TLI is about student voice.

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Whenever possible your group votes on the focus of TLI literacy cycles (7-10 Lesson cycles - the equivalent of 5 school weeks, 10 weeks in real ti​me.

STUDENT VOICE

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Recognise and analyse the ways that characterisation, events and settings are combined in narratives, and discuss the purposes and appeal of different approaches​

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Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts

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Plan, draft and publish imaginative

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SEMESTER ONE

VICTORIAN CURRICULUM LINKS

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Where to next? Group Vote

• Comparing similarities and difference in Beowulf and They Came in Viking Ships

• Writing a comparative paragraph on Beowulf and They Came in Viking Ships

• Extension work on the topic you are already doing in English classes

• Learning about podcasting

• Writing a podcast script

• Attending the podcasting workshop at the Arts Centre Melbourne

• Recording the podcast

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