Key Questions Key Objectives (knowledge and skills) Suggested Assessment What creatures, both mythical and real, Students will be able to: Narrative text feature in Aboriginal stories? identify and describe creatures Oral language recording How were some stories used to teach found in Aboriginal stories. children lessons or pass on messages? recognise that some Aboriginal How are words from our local Aboriginal stories were used to teach lessons or languages used in storytelling? pass on a message. explore use of local Aboriginal language in storytelling Lessons # Focus Objectives Resources Activities 1 The Mythical Bunyip Living Stories of the Step 1 Dungala Kaiela Read the Dungala Kaiela story of Henry and Charlotte. Bunyip drawing Step 2 Brainstorm a list of all the an animals in the story. Underline the mythical creatures seen and smelt by Charlotte and Henry? Possible discussion points What do we know about bunyips? What might these creatures have looked like? How have the artists depicted them in the story. Step 3 Have the students draw how they think a bunyip might look (resource). Label the pictures , identifying key features of the bunyip. Step 4 Compare the finished bunyips. Possible discussion points
Key Questions Key Objectives (knowledge and skills) Suggested Assessment What creatures, both mythical and real, feature in Aboriginal stories? How were some stories used to teach children lessons or pass on messages? How are words from our local Aboriginal languages used in storytelling? Students will be able to: identify and describe creatures found in Aboriginal stories. recognise that some Aboriginal stories were used to teach lessons or pass on a message. explore use of local Aboriginal language in storytelling Narrative text Oral language recording Lessons # Focus Objectives Resources Activities 1 The Mythical Bunyip Living Stories of the Dungala Kaiela Bunyip drawing Step 1 Read the Dungala Kaiela story of Henry and Charlotte. Step 2 Brainstorm a list of all the an animals in the story. Underline the mythical creatures seen and smelt by Charlotte and Henry? Possible discussion points What do we know about bunyips? What might these creatures have looked like? How have the artists depicted them in the story. Step 3 Have the students draw how they think a bunyip might look (resource). Label the pictures , identifying key features of the bunyip. Step 4 Compare the finished bunyips. Possible discussion points