Lesson 10

• Identify and analyze additional text features in picture books, including repetition, rhyme, alliteration, wordplay, and captions or labels. Resource: Text Features for a Picture Book
• Understand the roles and effects of these text features in enhancing storytelling and engaging readers. Resource: Text Features for a Picture Book
• Develop creative thinking and writing skills by exploring and applying these text features in their own writing.

• Chart paper or whiteboard
• Markers or chalk
• Various picture books with different text features (Repetition, Rhyme, Alliteration, Wordplay, Caption or Labels) 
• Resource: Text Features for a Picture Book
• Writing materials (paper, pencils, etc.)

• Begin the lesson by briefly reviewing the text features discussed in the previous lesson (narrative text, dialogue, descriptive language, sound effects, onomatopoeia)
• Remind students of their roles and effects in picture books and their significance in storytelling.

• Introduce the new text features: repetition, rhyme, alliteration, wordplay, and captions or labels.
• Provide examples from picture books that showcase these text features. (See the notes: Resource: Text Features for a Picture Book)
• Engage students in a discussion about how these text features enhance the reading experience and create interest and engagement.

• Distribute different picture books that prominently feature the new text features to small groups of students.
• Instruct students to read and analyse their assigned picture book, focusing on the specific text feature.
• Have groups discuss and identify examples of the assigned text feature, highlighting its purpose, impact, and contribution to the story.

• Explain to students that they will now have the opportunity to incorporate the new text features in their writing.
• Provide writing materials and encourage students to choose a text feature they find interesting and would like to use in their story.
• Instruct students to write a short paragraph or story using the chosen text feature, incorporating it effectively into their writing.

• Invite a few students to share their written pieces with the class, emphasising the use of the text features they focused on.
• Summarise the key points discussed in the lesson, highlighting the role and significance of repetition, rhyme, alliteration, wordplay, and captions or labels in picture books.

• Encourage students to actively seek out picture books that showcase the text features discussed in the lesson, providing them with a rich variety of examples to draw inspiration from.
• Provide opportunities for students to share and discuss their written pieces, fostering a supportive and collaborative writing community.