Learning & Teaching Sequences for Reading – Fiction Level 1-2
A Strange Visitor
Sample text: A Strange Visitor
(Mary O’Toole, Macmillan Company, Australia)
For Levels 1–2 A Strange Visitor describes a familiar topic that comprises everyday events and experiences that are generally known to the students. The text also includes some unexpected or unusual events. The written language in the text is predictable and has a small amount of unfamiliar vocabulary and accompanying illustrations.
This set of teaching activities uses both the Big Book version of the story and the set of small books for individual student use. The Big Book is used to model, guide and scaffold reading activities that students can practise applying to their texts.
The framework used in Sessions 1– 3 can be applied to other texts at this level. Teachers can vary the sequence of teaching activities to reflect the specific strategies and knowledge outcomes targeted at any time.