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Year 3 English – Unit 3: Lesson 7

Writing the opening

Developed in partnership with Ochre Education, these lesson resources support the use of effective, evidence-based practices and address the learning expected in the Australian curriculum. 

This lesson is part of Unit 3: Flood - Jackie French within the Year 3 English lessons. 

Students will learn

In this lesson, we will write the opening to Fire, a story based on French's Flood. We will use success criteria and a plan to help keep us on track when writing.

Introductory quiz

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Lesson video

Due to copyright restrictions, this video presentation is only available on the Ochre site and is password protected. To access the password, please join the Ochre mailing list. The password will be provided as part of your confirmation email.

The video can be accessed here.

Presentation

Worksheet

Exit quiz

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Evidence-based practices

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Year 3 English lessons

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