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1 online resource (streaming video file) (15 min. 11 sec.) ; 89698221 bytes |
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Rosa and the little creature read a picture book that sparks their interest in writers. They meet a writer of children's picture books and a script writer for the ABC children's series The Ferals. The little creature tries to write its own story, and in doing so, learns about the conventions of story writing: the role of the main character; setting; problem; climax; and resolution. The picture book featured is The Coathanger Horse by Kim Lardener (Hodder Headline Australia, 1992).Key concepts:Writers are real people and their life has an influence on what goes into their texts; andWriters spend a lot of time and effort reviewing and revising their work.Learning outcomes:Understands that texts are constructed by people and represent real and imaginary experience;Uses talk to plan and review own writing; andWrites brief imaginative and factual texts that include some related ideas about familiar topics.More than Words follows the humorous adventures of a young girl, Rosa and her friend - a weird, cheeky little creature from another planet. Created by Rosa?s story-writing imagination, the little creature has magic powers and is invisible to everyone but her.Together they explore the use of the English language in different contexts and through a variety of texts. The little creature is able to conjure up a magic thought bubble which enables the two characters to interview people who use and produce particular texts for particular purposes eg. writers, television director, cartoonist, poet, puppeteers and story-teller.Australian children?s literature is featured in this series. Most episodes include a partially animated adaptation of a popular picture book.The series is designed as a resource to support the English Curriculum Statement and Profile for Australian Schools.**Please note that this program/series has been created from masters kindly provided by DECS Tape Services in South Australia. These recordings have been collected over a period dating back to the early 1990s and as such, the picture quality may be of variable standard.** |
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Broadcast 2005-02-14 at 10:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Children's stories.
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Feature writing.
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Picture books for children -- Authorship.
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Puppets.
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Storytelling.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Adshead, Chris, director
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