Lesson 1: Tell Your Story

Great job exploring Charlie’s adventurous world! Focus on story-related vocabulary like book, pages, chapter, title, author, illustrator, characters, setting. Remember the importance of settings like the ocean in influencing the story.

• Vocabulary to Practice: book, pages, chapter, title, author, illustrator, characters, setting

• Sentences: Practice sentences like “Who is your teacher?” or “Where is the school?”

Lesson 2: Dive Deeper into Storytelling

Fantastic effort! Today, you delved deeper into storytelling elements like characters, setting, plot, conflict, solution. Understand their interaction to create engaging narratives.

• Vocabulary to Practice: characters, setting, plot, conflict, solution
• Sentences: Create sentences using simple past tense like “Charlie started the second chapter” and “They found a shark.”

Lesson 3: Exploring Story Elements

Wonderful job! Today, you learned about characters’ growth and emotions like brave, cowardly, hopeful, excited.

• Vocabulary to Practice: grow, learn, evolve, brave, cowardly, hopeful, excited
• Sentences: Use quotations in dialogues like “This is the worst storm I have ever seen!” and “I’ll save you.”

Lesson 4: New Settings in Storytelling

Impressive work! You explored new story settings like forest, castle, space, ocean. Reflect on how these settings change the story’s mood.

• Vocabulary to Practice: forest, castle, space, ocean
• Sentences: Use simple past tense sentences like “Charlie imagined the kids exploring the castle” and “They found a magic key.”

Lesson 5: Characters and Traits

Great job! You learned how characters’ traits like brave, kind, curious, creative affect a story.

• Vocabulary to Practice: brave, kind, curious, creative
• Sentences: Formulate sentences like “Charlie opened the book to find out what happens next” and “The cube turned into a spaceship.”

Lesson 6: Expanding the Story

Excellent effort! Expand your vocabulary with words like forest, castle, space, ocean, desert, jungle, school, home. Think about their impact on a story.

• Vocabulary to Practice: forest, castle, space, ocean, desert, jungle, school, home
• Sentences: Practice describing your favorite place using simple past tense.

Lesson 7: Character Development

Excellent progress! Focus on character traits like brave, kind, curious, creative, persistent, cautious, patient, honest.

• Vocabulary to Practice: brave, kind, curious, creative, persistent, cautious, patient, honest
• Sentences: Create a story about a character’s challenge using simple past tense.

Lesson 8: The Hero’s Journey

Creative storytelling! Learn words related to the hero’s journey like hero, quest, challenge, triumph, return, transform, victory, success.

• Vocabulary to Practice: hero, quest, challenge, triumph, return, transform, victory, success
• Sentences: Reflect on your own ‘hero’s journey’ and write about it using simple past tense.

Lesson 9: Epic Adventures

Great job exploring epic adventures! Focus on words like departure, adventure, return, discovery, reward, wisdom.

• Vocabulary to Practice: departure, adventure, return, discovery, reward, wisdom
• Sentences: Think of an adventure you’ve been on and recount it using the simple past tense.

Lesson 10: Unit Review

Congratulations on completing the unit! Review all the vocabulary and concepts learned. Share your favorite parts of Unit 9’s story.

• Vocabulary to Practice: Review all vocabulary from Lessons 1 to 9.
• Sentences: Review constructing sentences and dialogues like those in Charlie’s story.

Your dedication to storytelling is admirable. Keep exploring and creating your own stories!