Stellaluna Book-Based Unit & Activities | Australian Curriculum |

This resource is the perfect ‘pick up and teach’ unit that can be used any time of the year! “Stellaluna” is a beautiful story with rich vocabulary and an important message; accepting others as they are. This unit has a strong vocabulary focus, while also exploring the narrative text structure.

With “Stellaluna”, everything is done for you! This three-week unit comes complete with 15 lesson plans, printable resources and activity sheets! Use a hard copy of the book or the online version to work your way through the unit. The resources provided can be used as stand-alone activities, or can be paired with the attached lesson plans. The lesson plans consist of a variety of activities, varying between 30 minutes to an hour.

As this is a book companion resource, you will need to source your own copy of the text (available online or on YouTube).

Over 60 pages include:

• 15 detailed lesson plans.
• Comprehension questions.
• Low-prep, engaging activities.
• Vocabulary cards (perfect for a word wall!).
• Story structure pictures.
• ‘Stellaluna’ display banner.

Skills covered:

• Strong vocabulary focus.
• Story re-tell.
• Compare and contrast.
• Character development.
• Exploring points of view.
• Synonyms.
• Comprehension (literal, inferential and evaluative).
• Narrative structure.
• …and more!

Note: This unit follows a similar structure to my other book-based units. This allows students time to develop and consolidate their skills, while applying them to a variety of texts. It also means planning for you as a teacher is minimised, as you may already be familiar with the structure of some activities. If you have not completed any of my units before – don’t worry! Any of them can be used without relying on knowledge of previous units.