ACELA1490
Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audience
Elaborations
- becoming familiar with the typical stages and language features of such text types as: simple narrative, procedure, simple persuasion texts and information reports (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
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Modal Language Matching Activity
Have students explore high modality and low modality language with this matching game to use during your persuasive writing unit.
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No More 'Said' – Google Interactive Activity
Interpret dialogue by determining which style of speaking best describes the written phrase.
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Developing Report Writing Skills Teaching Slides
Use this slide deck to teach your students about the purpose, structural elements and language features of information reports.
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Spring Is Here Poem – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a poem about the season spring.
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Biography Structure Sorting Worksheets
Teach biography structure with engaging sorting worksheets that help students understand the key sections of a biography using authentic text examples.
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Narrative Structure Sorting Task
A sorting task to help students learn about narrative structure.
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The Troll Poem and Task Cards
A poem and set of task cards about a Troll.
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Developing Procedural Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the purpose, structure and language features of the procedure text type.
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Sound Play in Poetry - Onomatopoeia
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore onomatopoeia in poetry.
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Exploring Poetic Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the common literary devices found in poetry.
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Storytelling Through Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore storytelling through poetry.
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Word Play in Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore word play in poetry.
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Purpose, Audience and Context
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the purpose, intended audience and subject matter of a poem.
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Building an Opinion Using Persuasive Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use persuasive devices to build a convincing opinion about an issue.
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Introducing Persuasive Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how persuasive devices can be used to strengthen a point of view.
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Sound Play in Poetry - Alliteration
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore alliteration in poetry.
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Modelled Writing - Improving Procedure Texts
A 60 minute lesson in which students will improve a procedure text by applying knowledge of procedure text structure and language features.
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Imagery in Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore imagery in poetry.
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Persuasive Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of persuasive texts.
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Procedure Texts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of procedure texts.
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Developing Persuasive Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the genre of persuasion; specifically, how to write a well-structured persuasive text.
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Exploring Poetry - Year 3 and Year 4 Unit Plan
This English unit addresses common poetic devices such as sound play, word play and imagery and explores how these may be applied to narrative poetry.
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Procedure Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of procedure texts.