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Class asked questions such as : Where does the story take place or happen (setting) Who are the characters in the story? (characters) What is the problem? (problem) How is the problem solved? (solution) How does the story end? (ending / coda) Discuss characters /settings / events Identify any unusual words. What type of words appears most often? Nouns / adjectives / verbs What themes appear in the book? Introduce WORDLE – explain what a word cloud is. Use IWB to show students how to use Wordle. Joint construction - Create a word cloud using previously discussed words. Students asked to come up with as many words as they can think of that describe the animal they have researched. USE unusual words. USE Nouns / adjectives / verbs What theme will appear in their story? Student creates their own wordle. QT = Higher Order Thinking, Knowledge Integration, Student Integration Students learn about the way language – visual and symbolic – can entertain and inform, A follow up activity was to divide up the class and get the groups to create Wordle images (Describing Australian animals) and see if the others could guess what animal each group is describing.
 * 3B** Listened to the story **LITTLE WHITE DOGS CAN'T JUMP**
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