Lesson 1 in a four-part series of lessons based on the setting of a text asks students to draw and label their favourite setting from the book ‘Imagine’ by Alison Lester using pencils, markers and crayons.

4 Lessons

Grade: K-2

Exploring Setting

This mini unit explores the concept of setting in picture books through hands-on, creative activities. Students engage in a range of drawing and making activities by choosing their favourite setting from the text ‘Imagine’ by Alison Lester. Students will learn about adjectives along the way, in order to write their own description of a setting that they have created. This engaging unit of work will see students working both in pairs and individually to write and create a setting.

Lesson 1 in a four-part series of lessons based on the setting of a text asks students to draw and label their favourite setting from the book ‘Imagine’ by Alison Lester using pencils, markers and crayons.

4 Lessons

Grade: K-2

Exploring Setting

This mini unit explores the concept of setting in picture books through hands-on, creative activities. Students engage in a range of drawing and making activities by choosing their favourite setting from the text ‘Imagine’ by Alison Lester. Students will learn about adjectives along the way, in order to write their own description of a setting that they have created. This engaging unit of work will see students working both in pairs and individually to write and create a setting.

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Essential Question/s

What type of settings do we find in narrative texts?

General Capabilities

Literacy
Critical and Creative thinking

Lessons

4 Lessons

Lesson 1

Lesson 1 in a four-part series of lessons based on the setting of a text asks students to draw and label their favourite setting from the book ‘Imagine’ by Alison Lester using pencils, markers and crayons.

Lesson
Reading

Exploring Setting - What Is A Setting?

Grades: K-2

Identify the setting of a narrative text.

Lesson 2

Lesson 2 in a four-part series of lessons based on setting is an exciting reading lesson where students get crafty creating a diorama of their favourite setting using a range of craft supplies, including markers, craft paper, pipe cleaners, paint pens, tissue paper, scissors, glue and a shoebox.

Lesson
Reading | Writing

Exploring Setting - Dioramas

Grades: K-2

Identify the importance of setting in a narrative text.

Lesson 3

Lesson 3 in a four-part series of lessons based on setting is an exciting reading lesson where students learn about adjectives using a variety of games and follow up by recording adjectives on Post-it notes and writing a sentence on mini whiteboards with whiteboard markers.

Lesson
Reading | Writing

Exploring Setting - Focus on Adjectives

Grades: K-2

Identify and use adjectives in our writing to create an image in the reader’s mind.

Lesson 4

Lesson 4 in a four-part series of lessons based on setting is an engaging reading and writing lesson where students complete an oral language task to build the field around their favourite setting before writing their own sentences to describe it using adjectives.

Lesson
Reading | Writing

Exploring Setting - Writing a Setting Description

Grades: K-2

Create a vivid picture of an imaginary setting using descriptive sentences.

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