Australian Curriculum Learning Objectives

COSMO THE BOAT CAT YEAR 2 ENGLISH AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM LEARNING OBJECTIVES  ACELT1590 1: Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences. RESOURCES REQUIRED  Cosmo the Boat Cat 2 captioned online video (duration: 6.32)  Cosmo the Cat worksheet 3 LESSON OUTCOME: Students learn to discuss their preferences for different elements of the Cosmo the Boat Cat narrative with a focus on plot, character and illustration. Lesson outline: 1. Introduce lesson by explaining to students that they will be looking at a story which utilises rhyme to make it entertaining, with a view to recognising rhyming words and to follow the story. 2. Students view Cosmo the Boat Cat. 3. After viewing, volunteer students move to front of room and circle rhyming words on the Interactive Whiteboard/board. 4. Teacher prompt students to discuss their feelings about the story including questions about what they most liked in the story. 5. Students re-watch Cosmo the Boat Cat to consolidate understanding of the plot and characters within the story. 6. Students complete worksheet which provides them with the opportunity to explain their favourite aspects of the story. 7. Students then work in pairs to share their responses to the worksheet activities. 8. Volunteer students share their responses in front of the class. 9. To conclude lesson, ask students to vote on their favourite character to see which character was most popular within the class. HOMEWORK/EXTENSION Students devise a title for their own short story which features an animal as the main character.

1 http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Curriculum/ContentDescription/ACELT1590

2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooJUd5YsHs0&cc=1

3 http://sites/www.capthat.com.au/files/Cosmo%20the%20Boat%20Cat%20worksheet.docx

1 OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER ACTIVITY  Students work on their own short story which features an animal as the main character. This could be an ongoing task with scaffolded classroom activities to assist in the development of a narrative and characters.

 Students could consider which character from Cosmo the Boat Cat is most like them and write a short story describing this likeness. Provide the example of when Cosmo is uneasy about moving to a houseboat, and ask students whether they have ever felt sad about moving house or moving school.