Activity 1

Lots of information

Target audience

  • Cycle 2

Duration

  • 45 minutes

Type of text

  • Story

Pedagogical objective

  • To learn elements of information about legends.

Specific objective based on Progression of learning

  • To establish connections between elements of information that seem unrelated.

Teaching avenues

  • Before reading, ask students to name legends they know and bring out the elements of one legend (refer to the glossary).
  • While reading, question students about the elements of the legend compared to the play, to help them distinguish between the two.
  • After reading:
    • Re-read passages from the story and ask students to connect them to the legend or the play.
    • Do the activity.

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Activity 2

Summary of the story

Target audience

  • Cycle 2

Duration

  • 60 minutes

Type of text

  • Story

Pedagogical objective

  • To use logic to rebuild a story the student has read.

Specific objective based on Progression of learning

  • To group together elements of information dispersed throughout a text.

Teaching avenues

  • Before reading, discuss different recall strategies with the students (rephrasing ideas, drawing elements, taking notes, underlining words, etc.)
  • While reading, give students time to silently rephrase what has been read.
  • After reading:
    • Let the children rebuild the story with ideas given by all of the students.
    • Do the activity.

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