This document outlines a grade one English lesson plan that introduces students to fiction texts and story elements like plot, characters, and setting. The lesson involves reading and discussing the fairy tales "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Rapunzel" by putting key story elements on a story map. Students work in groups to complete different sections of the story map and answer extension questions about the tales. The lesson concludes with a class discussion where students share their work.

1. Fiction texts
Similar and predictable in nature
Mrs Fink
Grade One English

2. Introduction
• Sit in reading/writing groups*
– Yellow, green, red, blue and orange groups.
• Recap from yesterday
– Story of “Jack & the Beanstalk”
(class discussion).
*Homogeneous groups.
Source: Jade, 2012.

3. Students will be able to:
• Identify the three main components
of a fiction text.
• Contribute to class discussions on
the plot and characters of story.
• Recognise and use adjectives.
LESSON GOALS
Source: Australian Curriculum & Assessment Reporting Authority, n.d.

4. Consider – a ‘story map’
Instructions.
As a class:
1. Discuss components of a story map.
2. Apply ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ to the map.
Source: Education Services Australia, 2013c.

5. Task: Rapunzel & the story map
Students will:
1. Watch Rapunzel.
2. As a class, complete
‘title, setting, characters, complication’ on IWB.
3. In groups, complete ‘orientation, resolution’
plus extension question.
– Group discussion followed by individual work in
writing book.
4. Class discussion.

6. RAPUNZEL
Watch video here.
Source: Speakaboos, n.d.

7. Rapunzel – story map
• Question:
– What events separated the
three sections of text?
• As a class, complete story
map online (IWB).
– Title
– Setting
– Characters
– Complication.
Source: Education Services Australia, 2013c.

8. Rapunzel – story map
• In groups, identify:
– Orientation
– Resolution.
• Individually, summarise
these sections in your
writing books.
Source: Education Services Australia, 2013c.
*Teacher with blue group.

9. Rapunzel – extension questions
• Red & orange groups:
– Create alternative resolution.
• 6-8 sentences.
• Yellow & green groups (with
teacher guidance):
– Identify favourite part of text
& provide reasons for
selection.
• 5-6 sentences.
• Blue group:
– Use adjectives to describe
Rapunzel & the witch.
• 5 adjectives for each.
Source: Education Services Australia, 2013c.

10. Teacher to select students to share:
1. Orientation
2. Resolution.
CLOSING CLASS DISCUSSION