Grandparents say the darnedest things
This activity is linked to the National Profiles, Level 3, English.
Materials:
Interviewee
Photographs of subject
Cardboard for display
Colouring-in materials
Bunyips are an important part of an oral history tradition.
Discuss oral history, stories passed parent to child, grandparent to grandchild. Have the students interview their grandparent (if not a parent, relative or friend). Ask the interviewee for a story their parent or grandparent told them.
Write a report of this story, illustrating it with photos of the storyteller. Make a display in the classroom or library.
National Profiles, Level3, English
Speaking and listening
A student
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Communicates ideas for specific purposes with people in the classroom and the school
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Recognises that spoken language is used differently for particular times, places, audiences and purposes
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Has a knowledge of and uses common grammatical structures
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Talks about ways of communicating
Writing
A student
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Combines several ideas in a logical sequence when writing
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Selects an appropriate text type for a particular writing purpose and can explain why they have chosen it
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Uses the most basic features of writing and also experiments with some different features
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Experiments with ways to plan, review and proofread writing
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Uses a range of ways to spell
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